Katherine Stathulis, Esq. v. Mount Wachusett Community College Police (SPR 20231299)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records June 28, 2023 SPR23/1299 Chief Melissa Croteau Records Access Officer Mount Wachusett Community College Police Department 444 Green Street Gardner, MA 01440 Dear Chief Croteau: I have received the petition of Attorney Katherine Stathulis, of the Center for Public Interest, Advocacy, and Collaboration, appealing the nonresponse of the Mount Wachusett Community College 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 May 29, 2023, Attorney Stathulis requested the following records: [1.] An extract of your records management system or database that includes each school-related arrest and each referral to law enforcement conducted during the 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023 school year (up until the day the records are produced)[;] [2.] If such an extract of the database in question 1 is not possible, please provide school incident reports on each school-related arrest and referral to law enforcement conducted during the 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021- 2022, and 2022-2023 school year (up until the day the records are produced) [;] [3.] A copy of any active standard operating procedures developed with the police department and/or other law enforcement agencies regarding police placement or activity in the corresponding school[;] [4.] Any records instructing or informing police personnel of, or otherwise describing data reporting requirements and procedures for complying with G.L. c. 71 § 37P (b) [;] [5.] The cost to the school district of assigning a school resource officer to each school [;] [6.] The total number of school resource officers and total number of guidance counselors for each school in your district for school years 2018-2019, 2019- 2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022, and 2022-2023 [;] [7.] The total number and a brief description of 911 calls from schools in your district to local police departments conducted during the 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 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

Chief Melissa Croteau SPR23/1299 Page 2 June 28, 2023 2020-2021, and 2021-2022, and 2022-2023 [;] [8.] A description of the proposed budget for mental, social or emotional health support personnel for the school district. Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Attorney Stathulis petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR23/1299, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Department intends on providing a written response to Attorney Stathulis. Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Attorney Stathulis with said response in accordance with the Public Records Law, its Regulations and this order within ten business days. A copy of any such response must be provided to this office. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Attorney Stathulis may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Katherine Stathulis, Esq.