Jonathan Etesse v. Revere, City of - Police Department (SPR 20190445)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords March 08, 2019 SPR19/0445 Lori De Los Santos Revere Police Department 400 Revere Beach Parkway Revere, MA 02151 Dear Ms. Lori De Los Santos I have received the petition of Attorney Jonathan Etesse appealing the nonresponse of the Revere 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, Attorney Etesse requested "documents concerning the officer [Officer Sean Mathews] of the Revere Police Department." Under the Public Records Law and the Access Regulations (Regulations) all requests for public records must be met with a response within 10 business days ofreceipt of the request. G. L. c. 66, § lO(a)-(b). The response may contain, among other things, an offer to provide records, a fee estimate for provision of the records, or a denial. G. L. c. 66, § lO(b). All records custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response. As of the date of this letter, it is my understanding that the Department has not provided Attorney Etesse a response to his request for records. Order Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Attorney Etesse with a response to the request, provided in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law, and it's 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. Sincerely, ~ I T ~ Supervisor of Records cc: Attorney Jonathan Etesse 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