Erica Jorgensen v. Worcester, City of (SPR 20250721)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records March 21, 2025 SPR25/0721 Janice E. Thompson, Esq. Assistant City Solicitor City of Worcester Law Department 455 Main Street, Suite 309 Worcester, MA 01608 Dear Attorney Thompson: I have received the petition of Erica Jorgensen, of NBC10 Boston, 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 December 31, 2024, Ms. Jorgensen requested “[a] database of any and all internal affairs investigations/complaints for all police officers from 2014 – present. Please include, but do not limit it to the following fields of data: Case number/IA number/File No, Incident Type, Date it was received/opened, Date it was closed, Officer First/Middle and Last Name, Officer Rank/Title and the final disposition.” Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Ms. Jorgensen petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR25/0721, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the City provided Ms. Jorgensen with a response on March 14, 2025. 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. Ms. Jorgensen 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: Erica Jorgensen Michael Vigneux 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