Thomas Jeffreys v. Massachusetts State Police (SPR 20190964)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords May 20, 2019 SPR19/964 Alycia DeAngelis, Esq. Staff Counsel Massachusetts State Police 4 70 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702 Dear Attorney DeAngelis: I have received the petition of Thomas Jeffreys appealing the nonresponse of the Massachusetts Department of State Police (Department) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 1O A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1 ). Specifically, Mr. Jeffreys requested "any and all investigative reports and/or transcripts, documents, transcribed telephone conversations, motions filed in support of any investigation ... " concerning an identified individual stemming from an incident that occurred on or about August 23, 2010. Claiming to not yet have received a response, Mr. Jeffreys petitioned this office and this appeal was opened as a result. Subsequent to the intervention by a staff member of the Public Records Division, I learned that a representative from the Department intends on providing Mr. Jeffreys with a written response. Accordingly, the Department is ordered to make said response to Mr. Jeffreys in accordance with the Public Records Law, its Access Regulations and this order within ten business days. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Mr. Jeffreys 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: Thomas Jeffreys 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