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Sophia Brown v. Massachusetts State Police (SPR 20190467)
Massachusetts Public Records Appeal · Public records appeal decision · Filed 02-26-2019
ClosedAppealDecision
SPR 20190467 is a Massachusetts Public Records Law appeal filed by Sophia Brown concerning records held by Massachusetts State Police, opened 02-26-2019. Type: Appeal. Status: Closed. Supervisor of Public Records determination: Public records appeal decision.
Case Details
- Case Number
- 20190467
- Case Type
- Appeal
- Case Subtype
- Initial
- Status
- Closed
- Requester
- Sophia Brown
- Custodian
- Massachusetts State Police
- Date Opened
- 02-26-2019
- Date Closed
- 03-12-2019
- Date Request Submitted
- 02-06-2019
- Petitions Regarding Fees
- No
- Went to Court
- No
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords March 12, 2019 SPR19/0467 Michael B. Halpin, Esq. Department of State Police 470 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702 Dear Attorney Halpin: I have received the petition of Sophia Brown appealing the nonresponse of the 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, Ms. Brown requested identified documents relating to "any and all payments from the state Settlement and Judgement Fund on behalf of the Massachusetts Department of State Police from Jan. 1, 2018 to Dec. 31, 2018 ... " 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 of receipt 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, § 1O (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 Ms. Brown a response to her request for records. Order Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Ms. Brown with a response to the 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. 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 Department of State Police SPR19/0467 Page 2 March 12, 2019 Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Sophia Brown