Christian A. Williams v. Cambridge, City of - Law Department (SPR 20231750)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records August 4, 2023 SPR23/1750 Seah Levy City of Cambridge Cambridge City Hall Law Department 795 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 Dear Ms. Levy: I have received the petition of Christian Williams appealing the nonresponse of the City of Cambridge (City) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On July 13, 2023, Mr. Williams requested “…public portions of the internal affairs/complaints/investigations, and related correspondence, statements of witnesses, police and incident reports filed against [an identified Cambridge Police Officer].” Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. Williams petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR23/1750, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the City provided Mr. Williams with a response dated July 31, 2023. Where this appeal was opened as a result of the City’s lack of a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Williams may appeal the substantive nature of the City’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Christian Williams 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