Tom Marino v. Worcester, City of (SPR 20242362)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records September 5, 2024 SPR24/2362 Janice E. Thompson, Esq. Assistant City Solicitor City of Worcester Law Department 51 Sever Street Worcester, MA 01609 Dear Attorney Thompson: I have received the petition of Tom Marino, of This Week In Worcester, appealing the nonresponse of the City of Worcester (City) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On July 27, 2024, Mr. Marino requested “data relevant to Restraining Orders/ Abuse Prevent Orders (209A orders) and Harassment Prevention Orders (258E orders) assigned to the Worcester Police Department… I request the data include the following, if available”: [1.] Any document number (excluding parties) [2.] Type of order (209A or 258E) [3.] Date of issuance [4.] Date of expiration [5.] Issuing Court [6.] Date of service by the Worcester Police Department [7.] Number of attempts of service by Worcester Police Department Any other available data, excluding identifying data for any plaintiff or defendant[.] Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. Marino petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR24/2362, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that a representative from the City intends on providing a written response to Mr. Marino. Accordingly, the City is ordered to provide Mr. Marino with said response in accordance with the Public Records Law, its Regulations and this order within ten business days. A copy of any such response must be provided to this office. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of the response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Mr. Marino may 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

Janice E. Thompson, Esq. SPR24/2362 Page 2 September 5, 2024 appeal the substantive nature of the City’s response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Tom Marino