Benjamin Maddison v. Massachusetts State Police (SPR 20192243)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division

Rebecca S, Murray Supervisor of Records

November 19, 2019 SPR 19/2243 Attorney Michael B. Halpin : Department of State Police 470 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702

Dear Attorney Halpin:

I have received the petition of Benjamin Maddison appealing the nonresponse of the Department of State Police (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Mr. Maddison requested records related to a certain citation issued by the Department.

- 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, § 10(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, § 10(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. Maddison a response to his request for records.

Order

Accordingly, Department is ordered to provide Mr. Maddison 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.

Olesen

Rebecca S. falecca.™ cc: Benjamin Maddison ' Supervisor of Records

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