The Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council or "NEMLEC" is a non-profit consortium made up of 63 police departments in Middlesex, Essex and Suffolk County and 2 County Sheriff's Departments. Member agencies participate by sharing resources and personnel, allowing member agencies to provide supplemental services to citizens in the 925 square miles they serve. NEMLEC coordinates the mutual aid between agencies in accordance with M.G.L. Section 40, Paragraph 8G and 4J. The organization is headquartered at 314 Main Street, Suite 205 in

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. In 2014 its president was Michael Begonis, the chief of the Wilmington Police Department. By the next year, press reports indicated the president was John Fisher, chief of the Carlisle Police Department. Specialized services offered by NEMLEC include: * RRT/SWAT - Regional Response Team and SWAT Team (which includes a Crisis Negotiation Team) and K-9 Unit trained in search & rescue. * Motor Unit - Provides escorts, traffic safety and crowd control * CISM Team - Critical Incident Stress Management Team * STARS - The School Threat Assessment and Response Team is made up of police officers and licensed clinicians who respond to critical incidents at schools as well as provide threat assessments to member districts * IMT - The Incident Management Team provides support to all NEMLEC units in terms of communications and coordinates same and operational plans for large scale events As a private corporation, NEMLEC claimed in 2014 that it was able to keep its internal organization and operations out of the public's view. It would not respond to open records requests. Other such organizations in the state, such as the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council, claimed the same. As a result of a lawsuit by the local branch of the

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, in 2015 it changed policy and released documents requested by the public. Days later the ''

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'' published an article based on the documents describing an "excessive" use of SWAT teams for routine police matters. Agencies that belong to NEMLEC include: * Amesbury Police Department * Andover Police Department * Arlington Police Department * Ayer Police Department * Bedford Police Department *

Belmont Police Department Belmont may refer to: People * Belmont (surname) Places * Belmont Abbey (disambiguation) * Belmont Historic District (disambiguation) * Belmont Hotel (disambiguation) * Belmont Park (disambiguation) * Belmont Plantation (disambiguation) * Belmo ...

Beverly Police Department Beverly or Beverley may refer to: Places Australia *Beverley, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide * Beverley, Western Australia, a town * Shire of Beverley, Western Australia Canada *Beverly, Alberta, a town that amalgamated with the City of ...

* Billerica Police Department *

Burlington Police Department Burlington may refer to: Places Canada Geography * Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador * Burlington, Nova Scotia * Burlington, Ontario, the most populous city with the name "Burlington" * Burlington, Prince Edward Island * Burlington Bay, n ...

* Carlisle Police Department * Chelmsford Police Department * Concord Police Department * Danvers Police Department * Dracut Police Department * Dunstable Police Department * Essex County Sheriff's Department *

Georgetown Police Department Georgetown or George Town may refer to: Places Africa *George, South Africa, formerly known as Georgetown *Janjanbureh, Gambia, formerly known as Georgetown * Georgetown, Ascension Island, main settlement of the British territory of Ascension Isl ...

* Gloucester Police Department * Groton Police Department * Haverhill Police Department * Ipswich Police Depaetment * Lawrence Police Department * Lexington Police Department * Lincoln Police Department * Littleton Police Department * Lowell Police Department * Lynnfield Police Department * Malden Police Department *

Marblehead Police Department Marblehead may refer to: Places in the United States * Marblehead, Illinois * Marblehead, Massachusetts * Marblehead, Ohio * Marblehead, Wisconsin Other uses * Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race, a biannual sailing race on the North Atlantic * USS ...

* Maynard Police Department * Medford Police Department *

Melrose Police Department Melrose may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Melrose, Scottish Borders, a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland ** Melrose Abbey, ruined monastery ** Melrose RFC, rugby club Australia * Melrose, Queensland, a locality in the South Burnett Re ...

Methuen Police Department The Methuen Police Department (MPD) has the primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the city of Methuen, Massachusetts. Rank structure *Chief of Police *Deputy Chief - The rank of Deputy Chief was eliminated on March ...

* Middlesex County Sheriff's Office * Merrimac Police Department * Newbury Police Department * Newburyport Police Department *

Newton Police Department Newton most commonly refers to: * Isaac Newton (1642–1726/1727), English scientist * Newton (unit), SI unit of force named after Isaac Newton Newton may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * Newton (film), ''Newton'' (film), a 2017 Indian f ...

* North Andover Police Department * North Reading Police Department * Peabody Police Department * Pepperell Police Department * Reading Police Department * Rowley Police Department *

Salem Police Department Salem may refer to: Places Canada Ontario * Bruce County ** Salem, Arran–Elderslie, Ontario, in the municipality of Arran–Elderslie ** Salem, South Bruce, Ontario, in the municipality of South Bruce * Salem, Dufferin County, Ontario, part ...

* Saugus Police Department * Somerville Police Department * Stoneham Police Department * Sudbury Police Department * Tewksbury Police Department * Townsend Police Department * Tyngsborough Police Department * Wakefield Police Department * Waltham Police Department * Watertown Police Department * Wenham Police Department * Westford Police Department * Weston Police Department * Wilmington Police Department * Winchester Police Department * Winthrop Police Department * Woburn Police Department

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{{reflist Law enforcement in Massachusetts