Chris Faraone v. Boston, City of - Police Department (SPR 20213271)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records December 29, 2021 SPR21/3271 Shawn A. Williams, Esq. Director of Public Records Records Access Officer City of Boston One City Hall Square, Suite 500 Boston, MA 02201 Dear Attorney Williams: I have received the petition of Dan Atkinson appealing the nonresponse of the City of Boston (City) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On October 4, 2021, Mr. Atkinson requested, “copies of all contracts/statements of work/related documents between the Boston Police Department and [named organization] from the past five years.” Claiming to not yet have received a response, Mr. Atkinson petitioned this office, and this appeal, SPR21/3271, was opened as a result. 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, it is unclear if a response has been provided. Accordingly, the City is ordered to provide Mr. Atkinson 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. 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

Shawn A. Williams, Esq. SPR21/3271 Page 2 December 29, 2021 Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Dan Atkinson