Edward S. O'Brien v. Department of State Police - Office of the Chief Legal Counsel (SPR 20213336)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records January 6, 2022 SPR21/3336 Allison Mondello Primary RAO Massachusetts Department of State Police 470 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702 Dear Ms. Mondello: I have received the petition of Edward S. O’Brien appealing the nonresponse of the Massachusetts Department of State Police (Police) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On November 22, 2021, Mr. O’Brien requested a “… copy of all memos, police reports, police interviews, affidavits, indexes, station reports, case reports and witness interviews that was conducted by the Somerville Police Department, Massachusetts State Police, Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office and the Middlesex County District Attorney’s CPAC Unit that you have in your records … from July 23, 1995 to the date of this request is being sought.” Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. O’Brien petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR21/3336, was opened as a result. Despite being notified of the opening of this appeal, it is unclear whether a response has been provided. Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Mr. O’Brien 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: Edward S. O’Brien 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