Jeff Raymond v. Georgetown, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20230947)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records May 23, 2023 SPR23/0947 Scott Hatch Deputy Chief Georgetown Police Department 47 Central Street Georgetown, MA 01833 Dear Deputy Chief Hatch: I have received the petition of Jeff Raymond, of the Bramanville Tribune, appealing the responses of the Georgetown Police Department (Department) to his requests for public records. See G. L. c. 66, §10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On April 10, 2023, Mr. Raymond requested the following records: [1.] A copy of the document your police department sent to the POST Commission, likely sent between November 2021 and June of 2022, providing the information requested by the POST Commission for its ‘database listing complaints against police officers’ planned for May of 2022. [2.] Copies of any relevant responsive communications between a) your police department and/or your town officials and b) the POST Commission in regard to the database planned for May of 2022 as detailed above and/or compliance with the reporting for said database between the dates of July 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022, broadly construed. [3.] Copies of any relevant responsive communications within or between a) your police department and b) your municipal administration in regard to this database and/or compliance with this mandate between the dates of July 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022, broadly construed. [4.] Information concerning ‘complaints against police officers’ issued in the calendar year 2022 and through March 31, 2023, preferably in the same format used for the information sent to POST between November 2021 and June of 2022 for the earlier-mentioned database. [5.] A copy of the document your police department sent to the POST Commission as 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

Scott Hatch SPR23/0947 Page 2 May 23, 2023 sent to the POST Commission, likely sent between December 1, 2022 and April 9, 2023, to comply with the ‘2023 POST Commission Disciplinary Records Resubmission’ ... [6.] Copies of any relevant responsive communications within or between a) your police department and b) your municipal administration in regard to this database and/or compliance with the ‘2023 POST Commission Disciplinary Records Resubmission’ described above. April 20, 2023 Request On April 20, 2023, Mr. Raymond requested the following records: [1.] Copies of any responsive communications sent or received by municipal employees and/or officers and/or employees of the police department between the dates of May 1, 2022 and April 14, 2023 that make reference to and/or cite, in whole or in part, the following sentences (as they appear in said records, designated with quotation marks ...broadly construed. [2.] Copies of any responsive communications sent or received by municipal employees and/or officers and/or employees of the police department between the dates of May 1, 2022 and April 14, 2023 that make reference to and/or cite, in whole or in part, the following Massachusetts court cases, broadly construed. [3.] Copies of any responsive communications sent or received by municipal employees and/or officers and/or employees of the police department between the dates of May 1, 2022 and April 14, 2023 that make reference to and/or cite, in whole or in part, the following appeal determinations published by the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Public Records Office ("Appeal Determinations"), broadly construed. The Department responded on April 18, 2023 and April 21, 2023. Unsatisfied with the responses, Mr. Raymond petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR23/0947, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Department provided a further response to Mr. Raymond on May 11, 2023. Where the basis of this appeal was opened as a result of the Department’s April 18th and April 21st responses, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Raymond may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s May 11th response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). --

Scott Hatch SPR23/0947 Page 3 May 23, 2023 Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Jeff Raymond