Ryan P. Gilday, Esq. v. Winthrop, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20212899)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records November 15, 2021 SPR21/2899 Chief Terence Delehanty Winthrop Police Department 3 Metcalf Square Winthrop, MA 02152 Dear Chief Delehanty: I have received the petition of Ryan Gilday appealing the nonresponse of the Winthrop Police Department (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Mr. Gilday requested information regarding a particular car accident that took place in June of 2020. Under the Public Records Law and its Regulations, all requests for public records must be met with a response within 10 business days of receipt of the request. G. L. c. 66, § l0(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, § l0(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 and a communication from a member of the Public Records Division staff, it remains unclear whether the Department has provided a response. Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Mr. Gilday 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 any such 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, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Ryan Gilday 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