Arthur G. Grenier v. Rowley, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20190523)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords March 22, 2019 SPR19/0523 Scott A. Dumas Rowley Police Department 4 77 Haverhill Street Rowley, MA 01969 Dear Mr. Dumas: I have received the petition of Arthur G. Grenier appealing the nonresponse of the Rowley Police Department (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Mr. Grenier requested identified documents relating to evidence of a scene and court proceedings. 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, § 10(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 Mr. Grenier a response to his request for records. Order Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Mr. Grenier 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. ~ Rebecca S. Mur~ Supervisor of Records cc: Arthur G. Grenier 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