Christian A. Williams, Esq. v. Massachusetts State Police (SPR 20192254)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords November 21, 2019 SPR19/2253; SPR19/2254 Michael Halpin, Esq. Department of State Police 470 Worcester Road Framingham, MA O1 702 DearAttorney Halpin: I have received the petition of Christian Williams appealing the nomesponse of the Department of State Police (Department) to requests for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 1O A; also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Attorney Williams requested various records pe1iaining to a certain Department officer and cruiser. 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 that the Depa1iment has not provided Attorney Williams a response to his requests for records. Order Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Attorney Williams with responses to the requests, 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 Ashbmion Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 • (617) 727-2832• Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre• pre@sec.state.ma.us

Michael Halpin, Esq. SPR19/2253; SPR19/2254 November 21, 2019 Page 2 Sincerely, ~~ Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Christian Williams, Esq.