Andrew Quemere v. Egremont, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20222727)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records December 2, 2022 SPR22/2727 Chief Jason LaForest Records Access Officer Egremont Police Department 171 Egremont Plain Road Great Barrington, MA 01230 Dear Ms. Mondello: I have received the petition of Andrew Quemere appealing the nonresponse of the Egremont 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 September 7, 2022, Mr. Quemere requested “…reports related to an incident that occurred on or about July 26, 2019, during which [a named officer] and other officers detained a [named individual] [and] all records related to the lawsuit filed against the officers by [the named individual] in 2021.” Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. Quemere petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR22/2727, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Department provided Mr. Quemere with a response dated December 2, 2022. Where the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the Department’s lack of a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Quemere may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Andrew Quemere 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