Seth Kershner v. Springfield, City of - Office of the City Clerk (SPR 20170653)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords May 15, 2017 SPR17/653 Andrea Stone Paralegal City of Springfield -Law Department 3 6 Court Street, Room 210 Springfield, MA O1 103 Dear Ms. Stone: I have received the petition of Seth Kershner appealing the nomesponse of the Springfield Police Department (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1O A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Mr. Kershner requested several categories ofrecords pertaining to the deployment of the Department's Tactical Response Unit. Claiming to not yet have received a response, Mr. Kershner petitioned this office and this appeal was opened as a result. Subsequent to the intervention by a staff member of the Public Records Division, I learned that the proper agent for handling public record requests never saw the inquiry. Nonetheless, after the Department was made aware of this appeal, an agent of the Department noted their willingness to provide a response. Accordingly, I will consider this administrative appeal closed with the proviso that the Department provide said response within ten business days. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Mr. Kershner may appeal the substantive nature of the Department's response within ninety days. See C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, ~.~ Supervisor of Records cc: Seth Kershner 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