Joseph Catanese v. Massachusetts State Police (SPR 20212329)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records September 14, 2021 SPR21/2329 Attorney Jennifer M. Staples Massachusetts State Police 470 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702 Dear Attorney Staples, I have received the petition of Joseph Catanese appealing the nonresponse of the Department of State Police (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Mr. Catanese seeks “any and all reports, recordings, photographs, video recordings, notes and emails” regarding a search of an identified address on January 23, 2020. Under the Public Records Law and the Access Regulations (Regulations) all requests for public records must be met with a response within 10 business days from receipt of the request. G. L. c. 66, § 10(a)-(b). The response may contain, among other things, an offer to provide records, a fee estimate for provision of the records, or a denial. G. L. c. 66, § 10(b). All records custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response. Despite being notified of the opening of this appeal, no response has been provided. Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Mr. Catanese with a response to the request, provided in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law and its Regulations within 10 business days. A copy of the response must be provided to this office. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Sincerely, ~ ··~- ·o .f) .4 • ~ ~ - ~ Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Joseph Catanese 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