Katherine Stathulis, Esq. v. Plymouth, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20231301)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records June 27, 2023 SPR23/1301 Benjamin Dexter Sergeant of Records Plymouth Police Department 20 Long Pond Road Plymouth, MA 02360 Dear Sergeant Dexter: I have received the petition of Katherine Stathulis, Esq., of the Center for Public Interest, Advocacy, and Collaboration, appealing the nonresponse of the Plymouth 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] 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…[;] [2] 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[;] [3] ...copy of any active standard operating procedures developed with the police department and/or other law enforcement agencies regarding police placement or activity in your 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- 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

Sergeant Benjamin Dexter SPR23/1301 Page 2 June 27, 2023 2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023[;] [7] The total number and brief description of 911 calls from schools in your district to local police department conducted during the 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 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 a response, Attorney Stathulis petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR23/1301, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Department provided a response to Attorney Stathulis on June 14, 2023. Where this appeal was opened as a result of the Department’s lack of a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Attorney Stathulis may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s response within 90 days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records Cc: Katherine Stathulis, Esq.