MA Public Records Request Sexual Harassment Investigation Case #20 15-004

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

To Whom It May Concern:

I have been making this request for years. I made my first request in 10/16/2016, second 10/19/2016, third, 11/19/2021, (see below) I request emails between or amongst Kerry Gilpin, Richard Ball, Thomas Grenham, James Jones, Michael Lyver, Mary McCauley, Anthony Thomas, Stephen Fennessy from Dec 16, 2016, that mention my name or sexual harassment and retaliation complaint, until Sept 14, 2018. This is not a law enforcement investigation that is subject to Bougas, this is an administrative procedure, the materials I seek are also the product of an administrative procedure, emails of public officials. Transparency is of paramount importance to ensure our government agencies are working in a fair and just manner. Police transparency is crucial to public trust.

Please note a statement AUG 2021 from the spokesman for ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY:
“Our state’s public records law is in place to ensure an open, accessible, and accountable government, especially important when it comes to promoting public confidence in law enforcement," said Jillian Fennimore, a spokesperson for Healey, in a statement. "Following repeated failures by the Boston Police Department to produce these records, we are seeking an order from the court that they must be turned over.”

Attorney General MAURA HEALEY is seeing Boston PD for 10-year-old records of a Domestic Violence incident. In the interest of social justice in my 5-year-old case of SEXUAL HARASSMENT and RETALIATION, yet to be tried and my failed attempt over five year period, I request any email from any employee of the Attorney General's Office to the Massachusetts State Police directing the Mass State Police to withhold requested documents.

Daralyn Heywood

From: Heywood, Daralyn (POL)
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 10:17 PM
To: Farrell, Sean (POL); Halpin, Michael (POL)
Subject: Fw: HIU Case #2015-004

Gentlemen,
I respectfully request all recordings, tapes, emails, notes, meeting minutes, roundtable discussions, and transcripts of my HIU Case 2015-004.
Thank You!

Kindly,
Sgt Daralyn Heywood #2449
State Police South Yarmouth
Daralyn

From: Farrell, Sean (POL)
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 8:37:09 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
To: Heywood, Daralyn (POL)
Cc: Halpin, Michael (POL); Lyver, Michael (POL)
Subject: RE: HIU Case #2015-004

Sgt. Heywood: I received your request for additional information and transcripts from the Department relative to the above-referenced investigation. I apologize for the delay in this response.

As you know, the Department, as a courtesy and pursuant to applicable policies, previously provided you, as a complainant, with a copy of the Report in July. The Department, however, is denying your request for additional information.

As an initial matter, this investigation was an internal personnel investigation and, as such, is not subject to public release pursuant to G.L. c. 4, sec. 7, cl. 26 (c).

Second, the investigative exemption G.L. c. 4, §7, cl. 26(f) exempts from public disclosure “investigatory materials necessarily compiled out of the public view by law enforcement or other investigatory officials the disclosure of which materials would probably so prejudice the possibility of effective law enforcement that such disclosure would not be in the public interest.” The investigative exemption serves, in part, to encourage individuals to assist police investigations and provide information. It is also intended to allow investigative officials to provide an assurance of confidentiality to witnesses so that they will speak openly about matters under investigation. Bougas v. Chief of Police, 371 Mass. 59, 62 (1976). The disclosure of witness statements and transcripts by the Department in this instance may only serve to discourage witnesses in future investigations from assisting and disclosing information to this Department.

For these reasons, the Department will not disseminate any additional information.

Respectfully,

Sean W. Farrell, Esq.
Deputy Chief Legal Counsel
Massachusetts State Police
General Headquarters
470 Worcester Road
Framingham, MA 01702
Tel: (508) 820-2153
Fax: (508) 820-2649

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Daralyn Heywood

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Daralyn Heywood

Dear Appeals supervisor,
Per usual the state police Attorney Dan Brunelli refuses to acknowledge my request. I appeal to his nonresponse and lack of acknowledgment for years.

Sincerely,
Daralyn Heywood

This records request was for the SOUTH YARMOUTH barracks. I respectfully request the Secretary of State send this records request to the Attorney Genrals Office. This request has been made for years. How is the state police or EEOPS cant locate a work order for a sig that was hung in the SOUTH Yarmouth barracks which surprisingly all the other emails were located except this one?

Hi Dan,

Please see the following request for records. These records, SPR220891 and SPR220893, were initially requested on March 28, 2022. The last response promising responsive records was on April 26, 2022. Please provide any update you have. Thank you for your help with this request.

Sincerely,
MuckRock