Sean Sheridan v. Bridgewater, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20220908)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records April 28, 2022 SPR22/0908 Ann Marie Gill Administrative Clerk Bridgewater Police Department 220 Pleasant Street Bridgewater, MA 02324 Dear Ms. Gill: I have received the petition of Sean Sheridan appealing the nonresponse of the Bridgewater Police Department (Department) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On March 31, 2022, Mr. Sheridan requested copies of “ … all records pertaining to dispatch records, phone calls, incident reports, related to car crash on [identified date] … 2021 including but not limited to police chief’s phone records, commanding officers phone records, responding officer phone records, photos, images, texts, pictures, diagrams from 8pm to 11:59pm on …” Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. Sheridan petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR22/0908, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Department provided Mr. Sheridan with a response dated April 18, 2022. Where the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the Department’s lack of written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Sheridan may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Sean Sheridan 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