501 CMR 10.14
All Other Disclosures Related to Witness Protection
(1) Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, no document,
record, or petition, in whatever form, generated by the Board or by a prosecuting officer and
related to witness protection services shall be a public record.
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(2)
So long as witness protection services are being provided to a critical witness, the
prosecuting officer shall disclose the identity and location of a protected critical witness upon
the request of a federal, state, or local law enforcement official, or pursuant to a court order, if
the prosecuting officer knows, or the request from the law enforcement official reveals, that the
protected witness is under criminal investigation for, or charged with, a felony.
(3) In all other instances where information related to witness protection services is requested,
no information or document shall be disclosed without the approval of three or more members
of the Board or a valid court order.