Brooks A. Ames v. Brookline, Town of - Office of the Town Counsel (SPR 20170043)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords January 9, 2017 SPR17/043 Patty Correa, Esq. Town of Brookline Office ofthe Town Counsel 3 3 3 Washington Street Brookline, MA 02445 Dear Attorney Correa: I have received the petition of Brooks Ames appealing the response of the Town of Brookline-Office ofthe Town Counsel (Town) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Mr. Ames requested a copy of an "Incident Plan" prepared by the Brookline Police Department. In correspondence between the Town and Mr. Ames, the Town noted its intension to withhold a copy of an Incident Plan, citing Exemption (n). This request was the subject to a previous appeal. See SPR17/ 031 Determination of the Supervisor of Records (January 5, 2017). Conclusion Subsequent to intervention by a member of my staff, I learned that the Town plans to provide Mr. Ames a supplemental response in regards to the Incident Plan. Accordingly, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed with the proviso that the Town provide said response to Mr. Ames, provided in accordance with the Public Records Law and its Regulations. A copy of any such response must be provided to this office. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@,sec.state.ma.us. Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Brooks Ames 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