2024 BPD Budget

Dear Michael Lozada
Thank you for your interest in public records of Boston Police Department. Your request has been received and is being processed. Your request was received in this office on 2/5/2025 10:50:36 PM and given the reference number B000357-020525 for tracking purposes.
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To Whom It May Concern:

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

The budget and actual spending of the Boston Police Department between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024 which fall under the following titles : “special events”, “central booking”, ”central lockup”, “regional lockup”, or “central booking transfers” or any which fall under costs related to the MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR DETENTION OF ARRESTEES AT THE SUFFOLK COUNTY JAIL signed by the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department and the Boston Police Department.

I also request the budget and expenditure to staff central booking facilities, as well as any and all payments made to the Suffolk sheriff’s department between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024.

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, and is not made 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.

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,

Michael Lozada

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Boston Police Department

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Reference No: B000357-020525 Dear Michael Lozada: The Boston Police Department (BPD) has received your request for public records.  This response applies only to records that exist and are in the custody of the BPD. See A Guide to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, p. 32, n.115.  It is expected that a custodian of records must use her superior knowledge of her records with respect to responses to public records requests.  950 CMR 32.04(5).  Specifically, you stated: To Whom It May Concern:

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

The budget and actual spending of the Boston Police Department between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024 which fall under the following titles : “special events”, “central booking”, ”central lockup”, “regional lockup”, or “central booking transfers” or any which fall under costs related to the MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR DETENTION OF ARRESTEES AT THE SUFFOLK COUNTY JAIL signed by the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department and the Boston Police Department.

I also request the budget and expenditure to staff central booking facilities, as well as any and all payments made to the Suffolk sheriff’s department between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024.

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, and is not made 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.

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,

Michael Lozada

Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/ A response to a public records request must be provided within ten (10) business days from the business day a written request was received.  G. L. c. 66, § 10 (a); 950 CMR 32.06(2)(b).  The public records law permits a response time of up to twenty-five (25) business days from the business day a written request is received, so long as a detailed explanation is provided.  G. L. c. 66, § 10(b)(vi); 950 CMR 32.06(2)(i). Due to the nature of your request additional time is needed. As such, BPD will need up to, but no more than, fifteen (15) additional business days to review and process your request.