Todd Wallack v. Norfolk County Sheriff's Office (SPR 20211867)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records August 6, 2021 SPR21/1867 Courtney M. Madden, Esq. Senior Advisor and Counsel Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office 200 West Street Dedham, MA 02027 Dear Attorney Madden: I have received the petition of Todd Wallack of WBUR appealing the response of the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office (Office) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On July 6, 2021, Mr. Wallack requested “electronic log of internal affairs complaints/investigations against sworn officers of the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Department as far back as [the Office] maintain[s] the log in [its] current computer system.” On July 12, 2021, Mr. Wallack requested “documents showing the names of sworn officers within the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Department who were terminated for misconduct, agreed to resign or retire to resolve misconduct accusations, or resigned or retired with a pending internal affairs investigation since January 1, 2010.” The Office responded to both requests in a letter to Mr. Wallack on July 20, 2021. Unsatisfied with the Office’s response, Mr. Wallack appealed, and this case was opened as a result. In an email to this office on August 5, 2021, Mr. Wallack states “[w]e wish to close our appeal.” In light of Mr. Wallack’s August 5th email, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Sincerely, ,n ll _ _ ~ - ~ .'._. . , , 0 ~ Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Todd Wallack 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