Public Records Request
Ways to Submit a Request
- Online: The Public Records Request Form is the quickest and easiest way to submit a request.
- By Email: [email protected]
- By Mail:
- ATTN: Records Access Officer
POST Commission
84 State Street, Suite 200
Boston, MA 02109
- ATTN: Records Access Officer
- In Person: By appointment only.
- By Fax: 617-889-7803
Guidance for Submitting a Request
- Provide as much detail as possible, such as date ranges, when describing the requested records. This will help POST Commission staff efficiently identify records.
- The POST Commission may charge a reasonable fee before producing records. Broad or large requests are more likely to result in a fee.
- The POST Commission can only respond to requests for its records and cannot provide records held by other agencies.
- Requests made via telephone will not be accepted.
- A public records request seeks access to existing records. The POST Commission is generally not required to answer questions, conduct legal or factual analysis, or create a new record in response to a public records request.
- For general questions, contact [email protected].
- For media inquiries, contact [email protected].
- Officers seeking a copy of their certification letter should complete the Certification Letter Request Form.
Records Available Online
Before submitting a request, you might want to review records already available on the POST Commission’s website:
Records Maintained by POST
Categories of public records maintained by the POST Commission include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:
- Regulations and advisories, including those related to complaints, adjudications, recertification, uses of force, school resource officers, constables, auditing, and databases and dissemination of information;
- Agendas, meeting packets, and minutes related to the POST Commission’s open meetings;
- Press releases and public announcements; and
- Guidelines and forms for agencies and officers regarding the certification process.
Records Access Officer Contact Information
Randall E. Ravitz, General Counsel
Kimberly Shatford, Information Management Counsel & Records Access Officer
Ben Robbins, Information Management Counsel & Records Access Officer
Kerri Johnson, Paralegal & Records Access Officer