Robert L. Thompson v. Massachusetts State Police (SPR 20170541)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords May 4, 2017 SPR17/540; SPR17/541 Alycia DeAngelis, Esq. Massachusetts State Police Office of the Chief Legal Counsel 470 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702 Dear Attorney DeAngelis: I have received the petition of Robert Thompson appealing the nonresponse of Massachusetts Department of State Police (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1O A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1 ). Specifically, Mr. Thompson requested copies of a police report in regards to an arrest on a specifically identified date, as well as paperwork generated in regards to a motor vehicle that was impounded on the same date. Claiming to not yet have received a response, Mr. Thompson petitioned this office and these two appeals were opened as a result. Subsequent to receipt of a new appeal from Mr. Thompson, I learned that the Department provided a response to his request for records on April 18, 2017. Whereas Mr. Thompson's appeals were based on the Department's failure to provide a written response, I will now consider these administrative appeals closed. On May 3, 2017 this office received an appeal from Mr. Thompson objecting to the Department's April 18th response. This office opened a new appeal (SPRI 7 /604) to review the substance of the response. Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Robert L. Thompson 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