Background
In March 2019, ACLUM submitted a public records request to the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO). Among other things, the request sought information about a recent state audit of the BCSO, various financial records, social media records and policies, and communications between the BCSO and the White House and Secret Service. After BCSO did not provide a timely response, ACLUM engaged the law firm Foley Hoag LLP to seek the records on its behalf. The BCSO ultimately produced records between May and September 2019, including correspondence between Sheriff Hodgson and White House advisor Stephen Miller.
On December 4, 2019, Boston Globe columnist Yvonne Abraham published a piece examining what these email records reveal about the relationship between Bristol County Sheriff Hodgson and the White House.
| Request Submitted To | Bristol County Sheriff’s Office |
| Category | Law Enforcement |
| Year Filed | 2019 |
| Number of Documents Received | 1069 |
Responsive Documents
| # | File Name | Description | File Type | File Size |
| 1 | BCSO 05.02.00 Information Technology System | BCSO Information Technology System Policy | 7.8 MB | |
| 2 | BCSO 05.03.00 Social Media Policy | BCSO Media Relations Policy | 2.5 MB | |
| 3 | Email dated November 20, 2018 relating to Audit | Email relating to audit | 76 KB | |
| 4 | Letter from Sheriff Hodgson to OSA dated November 15, 2018 | Letter to Office of the State Auditor | 217 KB | |
| 5 | Messages to or from Twitter account @BCSO1 | Screenshots of DMs to/from @BCSO1 Twitter Account | 18.2 MB | |
| 6 | Miscellaneous communications between Sheriff or staff and White House or Secret Service_Redacted_part1 | Emails between BSCO Staff & White House/Secret Service – Part 1 | 40.5 MB | |
| 7 | Miscellaneous communications between Sheriff or staff and White House or Secret Service_Redacted_part2 | Emails between BSCO Staff & White House/Secret Service – Part 2 | 28.3 MB | |
| 8 | Travel_all | Scans of 30 PDFs related to BCSO travel | ZIP | 113.2 MB |
| 9 | OSA_emails_all | 168 documents containing emails and attachments between BCSO and the Office of the State Auditor | ZIP | 144.8 MB |
| 10 | WhiteHouse_SecretService_emails_all | 863 documents containing emails and attachments between BCSO and the White House or Secret Service | ZIP | 1.39 GB |
| 11 | Records Produced on September 20, 2019 2_Redacted | Screenshots of Sheriff Hodgson’s Twitter activity | 43.7 MB |