Anthony Cristallo v. Boston, City of - Police Department (SPR 20170208)

The Commonwealth of l\1assachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords March 2, 201 7 SPR17/208 Anthony Cristallo Dear Mr. Cristallo: I have received your petition appealing the response of Boston Police Department (Department) to your request for public records. The requirements for an appeal are follows: Such appeal shall be in writing, and shall include a copy of the letter by which the request was made. The supervisor shall accept an appeal only from a person who had made his or her request in writing. An oral request, while valid as a public records request pursuant to 950 CMR 32.05 (3), may not be the basis for an appeal under 950 CMR 32.08 Given that a copy of the letter by which the request was made was not included, we are unable to assist you in this appeal at this time. Please feel free to re-submit your appeal when you have retrieved copies of all the required documents. If you are unable to obtain copies of the required documents, you make a new request to the Department for the same information. Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Nicole I. Taub, Esq. 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