Colman Herman v. Boston Police Department (SPR 20221950)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records August 25, 2022 SPR22/1950 Shawn A. Williams, Esq. Director of Public Records Record Access Officer City of Boston One City Hall Square Boston, MA 02201 Dear Attorney Williams: I have received the petition of Colman Herman appealing the nonresponse of the Boston 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 August 3, 2022, Mr. Herman requested “…all communications related to the issue of the ‘review’ being conducted of the [named person] matter…” Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. Herman petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR22/1950, was opened as a result. In an email dated August 24, 2022, Mr. Herman informed this office that he wishes to withdraw this administrative appeal. Accordingly, I will consider this administrative appeal closed. Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Sgt. John T. Boyle Colman Herman 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