Joseph F. Hennessey v. Worcester City Clerk (SPR 20220050)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records January 25, 2022 SPR22/0050 Janice Thompson Assistant City Solicitor City of Worcester 455 Main Street, Room 301 Worcester, MA 01608 Dear Attorney Thompson: I have received the petition of Attorney Joseph Hennessey appealing the nonresponse of the City of Worcester (City) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On October 27, 2021, Attorney Hennessey sought all internal affairs interviews, reports, videos, photos and recordings involving a specifically identified complaint filed regarding an incident at the Worcester Courthouse. Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Attorney Hennessey petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR22/0050, was opened as a result. The City has indicated it intends on providing a response to Attorney Hennessey. Accordingly, the City is ordered to provide Attorney Hennessey with said response in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law and its Regulations within ten (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, ,/J .A • ~ ~ - ~~· 0 ~ Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Joseph Hennessey, Esq. 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