Jeremy Evans v. Boston, City of - Public Records (SPR 20253570)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records December 17, 2025 SPR25/3570 Grace Jung Director of Public Records City of Boston 1 City Hall Square, Room 615 Boston, MA 02201 Dear Ms. Jung: I have received the petition of Jeremy Evans appealing the response of the City of Boston (City) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On July 30, 2025, Mr. Evans requested: …emails, text messages, and attachments sent or received between February 20, 2024 and March 20, 2024 by the following [five identified] Boston police officers. [I am only interested in communications that contain some iteration of [an identified individual’s name]. The City responded on July 30, 2025, and assigned reference number R003912-073025 to this request. Subsequently, the City responded on September 5, 2025, citing G. L. c. 41, § 97D, as it operates through Exemption (a) of the Public Records Law to withhold the requested records. See G. L. c. 4, § 7(26)(a). Unsatisfied with the City’s responses, Mr. Evans petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR25/3570, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the City provided Mr. Evans with a supplemental response on December 16, 2025. Where this appeal was opened as a result of the City’s July 30th and September 5th responses, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Evans may appeal the substantive nature of the City’s December 16th response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). 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

Grace Jung SPR25/3570 Page 2 December 17, 2025 Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Jeremy Evans