Cara Cheyette v. Massachusetts Department of State Police (SPR 20191786)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records September 17, 2019 SPR19/1786 Jen Migliaccio 470 Worcester Road Mass. Dept of State Police Framingham, MA 01702 Dear Ms. Migliaccio I have received the petition of Cara Cheyette appealing the nonresponse of the Massachusetts 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, Ms. Cheyette requested Public Records concerning a certain individual and a specified address. 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 ofreceipt 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 that the Department has not provided Ms. Cheyette.a response to her request for records. Order Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Ms. Cheyette 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 serid an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Sincerely, ~ Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records · cc: Cara Cheyette 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