Steve Russell v. Nantucket, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20200934)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records June 24, 2020 SPR20/0934 Sheila Clinger Secondary Record Access Officer Nantucket Police Department 4 Fairgrounds Road Nantucket, MA 02554 Dear Ms. Clinger: I have received the petition of Steve Russell appealing the response of Nantucket Police `Department (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, on June 7, 2020, Mr. Russell sought, “[p]olice report of the African Meeting House hate crime [and] Police report of the hit and run involving an identified boy on an identified [r]oad.” The Department responded on June 8th. Unsatisfied with the response, Mr. Russell appealed and SPR20/0934 was opened as a result. Subsequent to the intervention by a staff attorney of the Public Records Division, I learned that the Department responded to Mr. Russell’s request with a response sent on June 19, 2020. Whereas the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the Department June 8th response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. If unsatisfied, Mr. Russell 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: Steve Russell 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