Joshua F. Grammel v. Department of State Police (SPR 20221490)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records July 8, 2022 SPR22/1490 Allison Mondello Massachusetts State Police 470 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702 Dear Ms. Mondello: I have received the petition of Joshua Grammel appealing the nonresponse of the Massachusetts State Police (Department) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On May 16, 2022, Mr. Grammel requested: 1) Compliance Audit Reports submitted by the submitted by the State Police Middleboro Barracks from January 2016 to present 2) Quarterly Racial Disparity Stop Evaluation Reports submitted by the State Middleboro Barracks from January 2016 to present 3) Quarterly Racial Disparity Search Evaluation Reports submitted by the State Police Middleboro Barracks from January 2016 to present 4) Work Improvement Plans associated with numbers 2 and 3 above for [named person]. Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. Grammel petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR22/1490, was opened as a result. Despite being notified of the opening of this appeal, it remains unclear whether the Department has provided a response. As such, the Department is ordered to provide Mr. Grammel with a response to his request, provided in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law and its Access Regulations within ten (10) business days. A copy of any such response must be provided to this office. Mr. Grammel may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). 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

Allison Mondello SPR22/1490 Page 2 July 8, 2022 Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Joshua Grammel