Allison Jarmanning v. Springfield, City of - Public Schools (SPR 20212391)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records September 27, 2021 SPR21/2391 Ms. Andrea Stone City of Springfield 36 Court St., Room 123 Springfield, MA 01103 Dear Ms. Stone: I have received the petition of Allison Jarmanning of WBUR appealing the nonresponse of the City of Springfield (City) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Ms. Jarmanning seeks, “[a]ny police incident reports involving [named individuals], prior to Nov. 3, 2019.” 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 City is ordered to provide Ms. Jarmanning 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: Allison Jarmanning 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