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Mitchell Kosht v. Chelsea, City of - Police Department (SPR 20211314)
Massachusetts Public Records Appeal · Petitioner won — agency ordered to respond · Filed 05-26-2021
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SPR 20211314 is a Massachusetts Public Records Law appeal filed by Mitchell Kosht concerning records held by Chelsea, City of - Police Department, opened 05-26-2021. Type: Appeal. Status: Closed. Supervisor of Public Records determination: Petitioner won — agency ordered to respond.
Case Details
- Case Number
- 20211314
- Case Type
- Appeal
- Case Subtype
- Initial
- Status
- Closed
- Requester
- Mitchell Kosht
- Custodian
- Chelsea, City of - Police Department
- Date Opened
- 05-26-2021
- Date Closed
- 05-27-2021
- Date Request Submitted
- 04-08-2021
- Petitions Regarding Fees
- No
- Went to Court
- No
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records May 27, 2021 SPR21/1314 Chief Brian Kyes Chelsea Police Department 19 Park Street Chelsea, MA 02150 Dear Chief Kyes: I have received the petition of Mitchell Kosht Committee for Public Counsel Services appealing the nonresponse of the Chelsea Police Department (Department) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On April 8, 2021, Mr. Kosht requested the following records: 1. A spreadsheet, e.g., Microsoft Excel, or other flat file format, e.g., Comma-separated Values (CSV) or Tab-separated Values (TSV), containing the following fields of data for all personnel employed by the Chelsea Police Department: a) Employee Identification number b) Last Name c) First Name d) Badge number e) Rank f) Status (i.e, "active" or "suspended with pay") g) Date the individual joined the Chelsea Police Department 2. A spreadsheet identical to that generated in response to the first part of this request, with the same information as of as of January 1st of each year dating back to 2010. Claiming to not yet have received a response, Mr. Kosht petitioned this office and SPR21/1314 was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Department responded to Mr. Kosht’s request with a response sent on May 27, 2021. Where the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the Department’s lack of a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Kosht may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). 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 Chief Brian Kyes SPR21/1314 Page 2 May 27, 2021 Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Mitchell Kosht Kathy Darragh, Chelsea Police Department