William McDonagh v. Dukes County Sheriff's Office (SPR 20190838)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords May 10, 2019 SPR19/0838 Sheriff Robert Ogden Dukes County Sheriffs Department 149 Main Street P.O. Box 252 Edgartown, MA 02539 Dear Sheriff Ogden: I have received the petition of William McDonagh appealing the nonresponse of the Dukes County Sheriffs Department (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Mr. McDonagh requested identified records and documents relating to the Dukes County facilities. 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, § IO(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 Mr. McDonagh a response to his request for records. Order Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Mr. McDonagh 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

Dukes County Sheriffs Department SPRI9/0838 Page2 May 10, 2019 Sincerely, ~ Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: William McDonagh