North Eastern Massachusetts
Law Enforcement Council

Public Safety through Regional Partnerships


Regional Communications

Control Chief Chief Philip L. Mahoney
Woburn Police Department
Assistant Control Chief* Chief James G. Hicks
Bedford Police Department
Officer-in-Charge Kevin Johnson
Woburn Police Department
Executive Officer Sgt, Edward Tedesco
Woburn Police Department
*Currently Interim Control Chief

The Regional Communications unit provides the means for NEMLEC and local leaders to manage all critical incidents and emergencies. The unit, staffed by police officers and dispatchers from eleven agencies, may be deployed to supplement NEMLEC unit response, or may be used by member police chiefs to support command operations in their jurisdictions. The unit is deployed in NEMLEC ‘s mobile command vehicle, which provides centralized command and communications capability for emergency and planned operations.

Some examples of the deployment of NEMLEC’s Regional Communications unit and command vehicle include:

  • Salem, MA Halloween Operations, annually
  • Lowell, MA Floods, 2005, 2006
  • Danvers, MA Chemical Explosion, 2006


Other Operational Units:


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