J. Daniel Silverman, Esq. v. Beverly, City of - Police Department (SPR 20231508)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records July 14, 2023 SPR23/1508 Chief John G. LeLacheur Beverly Police Department 175 Elliott Street Beverly, MA 01915 Dear Chief LeLacheur: I have received the petition of J. Daniel Silverman, Esq. appealing the nonresponse of the Beverly 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 June 14, 2023, Attorney Silverman requested: All records of emergency call(s), incident report(s), citation(s), crash report(s), complaint(s), and any other agency records regarding a motor vehicle crash that occurred on June 5, 2023 between [named persons]. Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Attorney Silverman petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR23/1508, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Department provided a response to Attorney Silverman dated July 7, 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 Silverman 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: J. Daniel Silverman, Esq. 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