Fatema Ahmad v. Boston, City of - Police Department (SPR 20190452)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords March 7, 2019 SPR19/0452 Shawn A. Williams, Esq. Director of Public Records Records Access Officer City of Boston 1 City Hall Plaza, Room 615 Boston, MA 02201 Dear Attorney Williams: I have received the petition ofFatema Ahmad and Nimra H. Azmi appealing the nonresponse of the Boston Police Department (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Ms. Ahmad and Ms. Azmi requested "all records concerning the Department of Homeland Security 'Countering Violent Extremism' grant of $463,185 obtained by the Police Foundation for the 'Youth and Police Initiative Plus' program with the Boston Police Department." Subsequent-to the intervention by a member of the Public Records Division, I learned that Department provided Ms. Ahmad and Ms. Azmi a response to their request. Accordingly, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Ms. Ahmad and Ms. Azmi may appeal the substantive nature of the Department's response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, ~~ Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Fatema Ahmad Nimra H. Azmi 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