Andrew Quemere v. Middlefield, Town of - Town Administrator (SPR 20220348)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records February 25, 2022 SPR22/0348 Mr. Duane Pease Town Administrator Town of Middlefield 188 Skyline Trail Middlefield, MA 01243 Dear Mr. Pease: I have received the petition of Andrew Quemere appealing the nonresponse of the Town of Middlefield (Town) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On January 9, 2022, Mr. Quemere requested records pertaining to: 1) The police department's current use-of-force policies 2) All annual use-of-force reports/audits and other department-wide use-of-force reports/audits (meaning those that examine use of force by the entire department, not those about a specific use-of-force incident) 3) All data on use-of-force incidents that are stored by the department's use-of-force tracking software 4) All numerical/statistical reports that can be exported from the department's use-of- force tracking software (e.g., reports showing the total number of incidents per year, the total number of incidents involving each officer, etc) 5) If the department does not use software to track use-of-force incidents, please provide any manually tabulated data about use-of-force incidents. Claiming to not yet have received a response, Mr. Quemere petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR22/0348, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that a representative from the Town intends on providing a written response to Mr. Quemere. Accordingly, the Town is ordered to provide Mr. Quemere with a response in accordance with the Public Records Law, its Access Regulations and this order within ten business days. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Mr. Quemere may appeal the substantive nature of the Town’s response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). 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

Mr. Duane Pease SPR22/0348 Page 2 February 25, 2022 Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Andrew Quemere