George and Jen Burden v. Lunenburg, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20232447)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records October 27, 2023 SPR23/2447 Thomas Gammel Chief of Police Lunenburg Police Department 655 Massachusetts Avenue Lunenburg, MA 01462 Dear Chief Gammel: I have received the petition of George Burden appealing the nonresponse of the Lunenburg 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 August 12, 2023, Mr. Burden requested “…the incident report for the incident that occurred on 8/12/13 with [identified individuals].” Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. Burden petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR23/2447, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Department provided Mr. Burden with a response dated August 24, 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. Mr. Burden may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: George Burden 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