Wellfleet Police Practice of Running License Plates for Shellfishing

Jude Ahern filed this request with the Wellfleet Town Clerk of Wellfleet, MA.
Submitted Dec. 7, 2017
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From: Jude Ahern

Subject: Public Records Law Request: Wellfleet Police Practice of Running License Plates for Shellfishing

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, §10, I hereby request the following records:

I request any and all correspondence and notes by or between Nancy Civetta, Wellfleet Shellfish Constable, and Ronald Fisette, Chief of Police, starting with their hour long meeting on Thursday, August 17, 2017 to discuss, among other things, an incident involving two on duty police officers and a wild oyster picker off Old Wharf Road on July 26, 2017 . I also request any and all records since January 1, 2017, from the Wellfleet Police Department showing when and where they manually ran a license plate, I am told necessary with the help of the Dispatcher on duty.

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.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.

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,

Jude Ahern

From: Beryl Lipton

Subject: Public Records Law Request: Wellfleet Police Practice of Running License Plates for Shellfishing

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, §10, I hereby request the following records:

I request any and all correspondence and notes by or between Nancy Civetta, Wellfleet Shellfish Constable, and Ronald Fisette, Chief of Police, starting with their hour long meeting on Thursday, August 17, 2017 to discuss, among other things, an incident involving two on duty police officers and a wild oyster picker off Old Wharf Road on July 26, 2017 . I also request any and all records since January 1, 2017, from the Wellfleet Police Department showing when and where they manually ran a license plate, I am told necessary with the help of the Dispatcher on duty.

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.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.

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,

Jude Ahern

From: Jude Ahern

Subject: RE: Public Records Law Request: Wellfleet Police Practice of Running License Plates for Shellfishing

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Dear Mr. Powers: You only sent emails, no notes, and only one from Civetta to Fisette. Civetta takes notes on everything, I have photos of her notebooks and her writing in those notebooks! I want to see her notes from their initial meeting wherein they discussed Wellfleet Police enforcement of shellfishing regulations and specifically their harassment of one wild picker without first asking or notifying John Mankevetch who was the acting Shellfish Constable at the time of the incident.

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