Daniel D. Jaffe v. Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (SPR 20220980)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records May 6, 2022 SPR22/0980 Randall E. Ravitz, Esq. General Counsel Massachusetts Police Officer Standards & Training Commission Commonwealth of Massachusetts 100 Cambridge Street, 14th Floor Boston, MA 02114 Dear Attorney Ravitz: I have received the petition of Attorney Daniel D. Jaffe of Committee for Public Counsel Services appealing the response of the Massachusetts Police Officer Standards and Training Commission (Commission) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On January 31, 2022, Attorney Jaffe requested: 1. All Excel spreadsheets produced by any law enforcement agency in response to the Commission’s September 30, 2021 and December 21, 2021 letters requesting disciplinary records for active and transfer officers[;] 2. All supplemental, underlying, or replacement disciplinary records…produced by each law enforcement agency in response to each of the Commission’s requests for disciplinary records[;] 3. All correspondence, justifications, or extension requests from each law enforcement agency that has not provided a response to the Commission’s requests for disciplinary records. On March 1, 2022, Attorney Jaffe narrowed his request to the following law enforcement agencies: Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Malden, Worcester, Springfield, Holyoke, Pittsfield, Brockton, Fall River, New Bedford, Quincy, Barnstable, Salem, Lynn, Lowell, Lawrence, and the Massachusetts State Police. Claiming to not yet have received the responsive records, Attorney Jaffe petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR22/0980, was opened as a result. 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

Randall Ravitz, Esq. SPR22/0980 Page 2 May 6, 2022 Subsequently, I learned that a representative of the Commission intends on providing a written response to Attorney Jaffe. Accordingly, the Commission is ordered to provide Attorney Jaffe with said 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. Attorney Jaffe may appeal the substantive nature of the Commission’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, ' ~ · . - ' ' . - · .· Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Daniel D. Jaffe, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services