Matthew A. Viana v. Massachusetts State Police (SPR 20171631)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords December 5, 2017 SPR17/1631 Sean W. Farrell, Esq. Department of State Police - Office of the Chief Legal Counsel 470 Worcester Road Framingham, MA O1 702 Dear Attorney Farrell: I have received correspondence from Attorney Matthew A. Viana appealing the nomesponse of the 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, Attorney Viana requested log entries and other reports relating to his colleagues visit to the Department barracks. As of the date of this letter the Department has not provided a written response or records that pertain to the visit. Order Accordingly, the Department is hereby ordered to provide Attorney Viana with a response to his request, provided in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law and its Regulations without delay. 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. Failure to comply with this order may result in a referral of this matter to the Office of the Attorney General for further action. G. L. c. 66, § 1O A(b ). Sincerely, ·~~ Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Matthew A. Viana, 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