Andrew Quemere v. Amherst, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20160830)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A Williams Supervisor ofR ecords October 19, 2016 SPR16/830 Captain Ronald A. Young Town of Amherst - Police Department 111 Main Street Amherst, MA 01002 Dear Captain Young: I have received the petition of Andrew Quemere appealing the response of the Town of Amherst - Police Department (Town) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § lO(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Quemere requested a number ofrecords pertaining to the Department's internal affairs files of Marcus Humber and Jamie Reardon. Initially on September 21, 2016, you provided a response. On September 30, Mr. Quemere 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, § lO(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 by you that a revised response would be provided. Whereas this matter was opened based upon the Town's failure to provide a substantial response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Quemere may appeal the substantive nature of the Town's response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). A. Williams Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. Andrew Quemere One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 • (617) 727-2832• Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre• pre@sec.state.ma.us