Daralyn Heywood v. Department of State Police (SPR 20220893)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records April 25, 2022 SPR22/0893 Allison Mondello Public Records Manager Office of the Chief Legal Counsel Massachusetts State Police 50 Maple Street Milford, Massachusetts 01757 Dear Ms. Mondello: I have received the petition of Daralyn Heywood appealing the response of the Massachusetts Department of State Police (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On March 22, 2022, Ms. Heywood requested “…emails between or amongst [named persons] from Dec 16, 2016, that mention my name or sexual harassment and retaliation complaint, until Sept 14, 2018.” Claiming to have not received a response Ms. Heywood, petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR22/0893, was opened as a result. Based upon a conversation between a Public Records Division staff attorney and a Department representative, it is my understanding that the Department intends on providing a subsequent response to Ms. Heywood. Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Ms. Heywood with said response to her request in a manner consistent with the Public Records Law and its Access Regulations within 10 business days. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Ms. Heywood 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: Daralyn Heywood Dan Brunelli, 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