Ryan Saegesser v. Boston, City of - Police Department (SPR 20171420)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords October 6, 2017 SPR17/1420 Ryan Saegesser Dear Mr. Saegesser: I have received your petition appealing the nonresponse 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 may make a new request to the Department for the same information. Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Martha J. DeMaio 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