Mike Beaudet v. Massachusetts State Police (SPR 20191215)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords June 21, 2019 SPR19/1215 Alycia DeAngelis, Esq. Staff Counsel Massachusetts State Police 470 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702 Dear Attorney DeAngelis: I have received the petition of Mike Beaudet of WCVB Channel 5 Boston appealing the nonresponse of the Department of State Police (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Mr. Beaudet requested "a copy of the screening video" of an identified individual "from Logan Airport on July 30, 2018 at approximately 2: 15 ... " Claiming to not yet have received a response, Mr. Beaudet 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 proving a written response to Mr. Beaudet. Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Mr. Beaudet with a response 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. Beaudet 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: Mike Beaudet 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