Jillise McDonough v. Executive Office of Public Safety and Security - Department of State Police (SPR 20160328)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords May 26,2016 SPR16/328 Ms. Jaclyn S. Zawada, Esq. Office of the Chief Legal Counsel 470 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702 Dear Attorney Zawada: I have received the petition of Jillise McDonough appealing the nonresponse of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security-Department of State Police (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1 O(b ); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Ms. McDonough requested "any and all video recordings from cameras located at Station H-6 in South Boston from 1:00am through 6:00am on May 7, 2011." Having received no response, Ms. McDonough 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 for provision of the records, or a denial. 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 by a member of my staff, this office was notified that a response was provided, dated May 19, 2016. Whereas this matter was opened based upon the Department's failure to provide a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Ms. McDonough may appeal the substantive nature of the Department's response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). To assist in requesting and responding to requests for public records please refer to our publication, A Guide to the Massachusetts Public Records Law. This document is available on the Internet, free of charge, at http://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/prepdf/guide.pdf. Attorneys on my staff are available during regular business hours to answer general questions regarding the Public Records Law. OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/pre

Ms. Jaclyn R. Zawada, Esq. SPR16/328 Page2 May 26,2016 In addition, members of my staff will visit a records cu to dian in person to conduct training workshops on the Public Records Law upon request. ease contact my office directly at the telephone number provided in this determination £ h r nformation. urs, cc: Ms. Jillise McDonough, Esq.