Jim Haddadin v. Braintree, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20192507)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords January 2, 2020 SPR19/2507 Lt. Kevin L. Ware Braintree Police Department 282 Union Street Braintree, MA 02184 Dear Lt. Ware: I have received the petition of Jim Haddadin of NBC] 0 Boston appealing the response of the Braintree Police Department (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 1O A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1 ). Specifically, Mr. Haddadin requested "copies of all Braintree Police Department 9 'the Department') records associated with an incident on Nov. 14, 2019 ... " The Department responded on December 17, 2019, by indicating the Norfolk District Attorney's Office was the proper agency to respond to the request. Unsatisfied With this response, Mr. Haddadin petitioned this office and SPR19/2507 was opened as a result. Subsequent to the request for an appeal, I learned that the Department provided a supplemental response to Mr. Haddadin on December 30, 2019. Mr. Haddadin in an email to this office requested we withdraw his appeal because of the Depaiiment's December 30th response. Accordingly, I will consider this administrative closed. I understand Mr. Haddadin has subsequently appealed the Department's December 30th response. A new appeal, SPR19/2557, has been opened to determine whether the Department has met their burden to redact responsive records. Sincerely, ~ .~· Rebecca S. Munay Supervisor of Records · cc: Jim Haddadin 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