Shaffer, Maya v. Braintree, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20150198)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords June 25, 2015 SPRlS/198 Chief Russell Jenkins Town of Braintree -Police Department 282 Union Street Braintree, MA 02184 Dear Chief Jenkins: I have received the petition of Maya Shaffer of The Bay State Examiner appealing the nonresponse of the Town of Braintree- Police Department (Department) to her March 9, 2015 request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § lO(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Ms. Shaffer requested a copy of certain police reports and internal affairs records related to a specific Department officer. 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 ______d enial,_o_r_a__r_espon se thaUher_e_are_nQJ"e_e_or_ds_r_e_s_p_Qnsi_y_e_tQJh_e__r_e_q_u_e_s_t The Dep_a..,rtc-'"m~en""'-t!c_,i""s ________ 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 staff that on April 1, 2015, former City Solicitor Peter J. Morin provided Ms. Shaffer with responsive records. Ms. Shaffer has further informed that the Department has no records of an internal affairs investigation concerning the officer identified in Ms. Shaffer's request, as no internal affairs investigation was conducted for that officer. You provided this office with a copy of the written response. OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/pre

Chief Russell Jenkins SPR15/198 Page Two June 25,2015 Accordingly, I will consider this administrative appeal losed. cc: Ms. Maya Shaffer