Todd Wallack v. Malden, City of - Police Department (SPR 20211941)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records August 9, 2021 SPR21/1941 Lt. Ryan Fortier City of Malden Police Department Administration and Operations Division 800 Eastern Avenue Malden, MA 02148 Dear Lt. Fortier: I have received the petition of Todd Wallack of WBUR appealing the nonresponse of the City of Malden Police Department (Department) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On July 12, 2021, Mr. Wallack requested documents “showing the names of sworn officers within the 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.” Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. Wallack petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR21/1941, was opened as a result. It is my understanding the Department provided a response dated August 9, 2021 to Mr. Wallack’s request. Where the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the Department’s lack of a written response, I will consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Wallack may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, ~ ·-'.,__ ·o .f) .4 • ~ ~ ~ M Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. Todd Wallack, WBUR 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