Jonathan Gerhardson v. Chicopee, City of - Police Department (SPR 20252224)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records August 12, 2025 SPR25/2224 Officer Berit Bjerkadal Records Access Officer Chicopee Police Department Bureau of Services 110 Church Street Chicopee, MA 01020 Dear Officer Bjerkadal: I have received the petition of Jonathan Gerhardson appealing the response of the Chicopee 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 July 18, 2025, Mr. Gerhardson requested the following: [R]ecords showing the names, badge numbers , agency, assignment, etc. for two officers that made an arrest at 878 Chicopee Street on July 17 approximately 6:55 p.m. They drove an unmarked Ford interceptor with civilian plates. . . I am seeking vehicle camera (dash, etc) footage for this car and dash camera footage for both officers, who I am told are Chicopee pd. the [sic] For a period of 5:55 p.m to 7:55 p.m. please provide as uncompressed .MP4 files with all metadata be that metadata “baked in” to the file or exists as a sidecar (XML, Json, etc.)[.] The Department responded on July 28, 2025. Unsatisfied with the Department’s response, Mr. Gerhardson petitioned this office, and this appeal, SPR25/2224, was opened as a result. Subsequent to the opening of this appeal, I learned that the Department provided a supplemental response by email to Mr. Gerhardson on August 12, 2025. As this appeal was opened based on the Department’s July 28th response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. If unresolved issues remain, Mr. Gerhardson may further appeal the substantive 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

Officer Berit Bjerkadal SPR25/2224 Page 2 August 12, 2025 nature of the Department’s August 12th response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Jonathan Gerhardson