Andrew Quemere v. Brockton, City of - Police Department (SPR 20220987)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records May 3, 2022 SPR22/0987 Sgt. Scott Besarick Records Access Officer Brockton Police Department 7 Commercial Street Brockton, MA 02302 Dear Sgt. Besarick: I have received the petition of Andrew Quemere appealing the response of the Brockton Police Department (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On April 21, 2022, Mr. Quemere requested, “all police department internal affairs data submitted to the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission; please provide the data as a spreadsheet, preferably in Excel format (if the data are not available as a spreadsheet, please advise what formats are available).” Subsequently, in a conversation between the Department’s legal counsel and a staff attorney with this Division, the Department stated that it intends to provide a supplemental response. Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Mr. Quemere 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. Mr. Quemere 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: Andrew Quemere Allison Cogliano, 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