Grace Ferguson v. North Andover, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20220781)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records April 19, 2022 SPR22/0781 Chief Charles Gray North Andover Police Department 1475 Osgood Street North Andover, MA 01845 Dear Chief Gray: I have received the petition of Grace Ferguson, of WBUR, appealing the nonresponse of the North Andover Police Department (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On March 18, 2022, Ms. Ferguson requested, “[d]ocuments showing the names of sworn officers within the North Andover Police Department who were terminated for misconduct, agreed to resign or retire to resolve misconduct accusations, or resigned or retired with a pending internal affairs investigation since January 1, 2010.” Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Ms. Ferguson petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR22/0781, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Department intends on providing a written response to Ms. Ferguson. Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Ms. Ferguson with a response in accordance with the Public Records Law, its 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. Ms. Ferguson may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Grace Ferguson 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