Andrew Quemere v. Essex County Sheriff's Department (SPR 20191013)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords June 5, 2019 SPR19/1013 Mr. Jason Faro Essex County Sheriffs Department PO Box 807 20 Manning A venue Middleton, MA O1 949 Dear Mr. Jason Faro: I have received the petition of Andrew Quemere appealing the nonresponse of the Essex County Sherriffs Department (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Mr. Quemere requested "[a]ll current policies, memos/bulletins, and other informational materials (e .g., Power Point presentations, instructional videos, etc.) related to the drugs fentanyl and carfentanil." 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, § 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 the Department has not provided Mr. Quemere a response to his request for records. Order Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Mr. Quemere 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

Jason Faro SPR19/1013 Page2 June 5, 2019 Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Andrew Quemere