Kevin J. Goscila v. Tewksbury, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20201995)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records October 29, 2020 SPR20/1995 Marcia A. Vitale Tewksbury Police Department 918 Main Street Tewksbury, MA 01876 Dear Ms. Vitale: I have received the petition of Kevin Goscila appealing the response of the Tewksbury Police Department (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On September 11, 2020, Mr. Goscila requested, “[a]ll police reports regarding Civilian Complaints for Police Officers between the dates of January 1, 2016 and September 11, 2020 … [with] the redaction of the names of any identifiable individual where that redaction is necessary to comply with the CORI law.” Subsequently, Mr. Goscila amended his request to include, “… all complete records from January 1, 2016 and September 11, 2020.” I learned that the Department provided the responsive records to Mr. Goscila with a subsequent response sent on October 20, 2020. Whereas the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the Department’s October 15th response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Goscila 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: Kevin Goscila 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