Please see our attached public records request for records pertaining to Methuen Police Department employee Sean Fountain.
Dear Mr. Daniel Jaffe,
Attached you will find a spreadsheet of all disciplinary records for both active and inactive officers of the Methuen Police Department ("MPD").
The MPD did not submit any attestations pertaining to former Officer Sean Fountain, as Mr. Fountain resigned prior to his recertification.
In regard to your request for all ID numbers used by Sean Fountain, to include badge number, employee ID number, and Department of Transportation Citation ID number, the MPD respectfully declines this portion of the request because you do not seek records. The public records law requires the requestor to seek records, under MGL c. 66, Section 10(a); and, likewise, an entity covered under the public records law, such as the MPD, is not compelled to create a document in response to a request for information.
Additionally, the Methuen Police Department respectfully declines to produce the requested documentation for parts 4 and 5 of your request because that documentation is protected from disclosure under an order of impoundment in the Lawrence District Court. Further, because of the pendency of the impoundment order, the requested documentation is withheld under Exemption (f), the investigatory exemption under MGL c. 4, § 7, clause 26(f).
Please be advised that an administrative appeal of the
city’s response to your request may be made by filing a written protest to the
Supervisor of Public Records within ninety days, Office of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston MA 02108, in accordance
with 950 CMR 32.08(1); or you may seek judicial review by commencing a civil
action in Superior Court.
Request Date
2023-06-27
Agency Tracking
2023-0181
Acquisition Notes
This record was automatically imported from https://www.townforms.com/FOIADirect-MethuenMACitizens/
Please see our attached public records request for records pertaining to Methuen Police Department employee Sean Fountain.
Dear Mr. Daniel Jaffe,
Attached you will find a spreadsheet of all disciplinary records for both active and inactive officers of the Methuen Police Department ("MPD").
The MPD did not submit any attestations pertaining to former Officer Sean Fountain, as Mr. Fountain resigned prior to his recertification.
In regard to your request for all ID numbers used by Sean Fountain, to include badge number, employee ID number, and Department of Transportation Citation ID number, the MPD respectfully declines this portion of the request because you do not seek records. The public records law requires the requestor to seek records, under MGL c. 66, Section 10(a); and, likewise, an entity covered under the public records law, such as the MPD, is not compelled to create a document in response to a request for information.
Additionally, the Methuen Police Department respectfully declines to produce the requested documentation for parts 4 and 5 of your request because that documentation is protected from disclosure under an order of impoundment in the Lawrence District Court. Further, because of the pendency of the impoundment order, the requested documentation is withheld under Exemption (f), the investigatory exemption under MGL c. 4, § 7, clause 26(f).
Please be advised that an administrative appeal of the
city’s response to your request may be made by filing a written protest to the
Supervisor of Public Records within ninety days, Office of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston MA 02108, in accordance
with 950 CMR 32.08(1); or you may seek judicial review by commencing a civil
action in Superior Court.
Request Date
2023-06-27
Agency Tracking
2023-0181
Acquisition Notes
This record was automatically imported from https://www.townforms.com/FOIADirect-MethuenMACitizens/