Joseph Steinbach v. Oak Bluffs, Town of - Police Department (SPR 20240353)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records February 9, 2024 SPR24/0353 Wendy Brough Assistant Town Administrator Town of Oak Bluffs P. O. Box 1327 Oak Bluffs, MA 02557 Dear Ms. Brough: I have received the petition of Joseph Steinbach appealing the nonresponse of the Oak Bluffs 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 January 11, 2024, Mr. Steinbach requested: [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, and 2021-2022 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, and 2021- 2022 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 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 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

Wendy Brough SPR24/0353 Page 2 February 9, 2024 counselors for each school in your district for school years 2018-2019, 2019- 2020, 2020-2021[;] [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, 2020-2021, and 2021- 2022[;] [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, Mr. Steinbach petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR24/0353, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Department provided a response to Mr. Steinbach on February 6, 2024. 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. Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Joseph Steinbach