Shaffer, Maya v. Braintree, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20150197)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A Williams Supervisor of& cords May 29,2015 SPRlS/197 Deputy Chief Wayne Foster Town of Braintree- Police Department 282 Union Street Braintree, MA 02184 Dear Deputy Chief Foster: I have received the petition of Maya Shaffer of The Bay State Examiner appealing the nomesponse ofthe Town of Braintree- Police Department (Department) to her March 2015 request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1O (b ); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Ms. Shaffer requested a copy of the police policy and training documents on the Massachusetts Wiretapping Statute. Having received no response within ten (1 0) days, Ms. Shaffer petitioned this office. Under the Public Records Law and the Access Regulations (Regulations) all requests for public records must be met with a response within ten (10) days of the request. G. L. c. 66, § 10(b); 950 C.M.R. 32.05. The response may be an offer to provide records, a fee estimate, a denial, or a response that there are no records responsive to the request. The Department is advised that all records custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response. Subsequent to the intervention of this office, you informed an attorney on my staffthat the Department informed Ms. Shaffer that the Department has no records responsive to the request, I will consider this administrative appeal closed. yours, cc: Ms. Maya Shaffer One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832. Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/pre