Andrew Quemere v. Weymouth, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20201658)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records September 17, 2020 SPR20/1658 Captain Joseph Compericho Administrative Services Division Weymouth Police Department 140 Winter Street Weymouth, MA 02188 Dear Cpt. Compericho: I have received the petition of Mr. Andrew Quemere appealing the nonresponse of the Weymouth 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 August 24, 2020, Mr. Quemere requested the following: 1. “The police department's current use-of-force policies” 2. “A blank copy of each form used to report use-of-force incidents (if the form is part of a computer program and is not easily exportable, it is acceptable to provide screenshots)” 3. “All division-wide and department-wide use-of-force reports/audits for the years 2010 to the present (by division-wide and department-wide, I mean reports/audits that examine use of force by an entire division or the entire department, not reports/audits about a specific use-of-force incident)” 4. “All data on the number of use-of-force incidents for the years 2010 to the present” 5. “All data on the total number of use-of-force incidents involving each department employee.” Claiming to not yet have received a response, Mr. Quemere petitioned this office and this appeal was opened as a result. 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

Captain Joseph Compericho SPR20/1658 Page 2 September 17, 2020 Subsequent to the intervention by a staff member of the Public Records Division, I learned that the Department provided Mr. Quemere with a response to his request, dated September 11, 2020. Whereas the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the Department’s lack of response to Mr. Quemere’s request, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. It is my understanding that Mr. Quemere has appealed the Department’s response and SPR20/1670 has been opened as a result to address those issues. Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Andrew Quemere