Abigail Pritchard v. Department of State Police (SPR 20243285)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records December 18, 2024 SPR24/3285 Allison Mondello Public Records Manager Massachusetts Department of State Police 470 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702 Dear Ms. Mondello: I have received the petition of Abigail Pritchard appealing the nonresponse of the Department of State Police (Department) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On November 15, 2024, Ms. Pritchard requested the following: [1]Incident reports and any other documentation related to the homicide of [an identified individual] on 03/02/2021[;] [2] Incident reports and any other documentation related to the homicide of [an identified individual] on 03/04/2021. Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Ms. Pritchard petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR24/3285, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Department provided Ms. Pritchard with a response on December 16, 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. Ms. Pritchard may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s December 16th response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Abigail Pritchard 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