New SEMLEC control chief chosen

ROCHESTER - Whitman Police Chief Timothy Hanlon will replace Pembroke Police Chief Richard Wall upon his retirement as a control chief for The Southeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council.

At a recent SEMLEC meeting, Hanlon was voted to replace Wall as a control chief for the SEMLEC Search and Rescue Unit. Hanlon will be working alongside Somerset Police Chief George McNeil as the unit's two control chiefs.

Each SEMLEC unit has two control chiefs who oversee the operations of their respective units.

As the control chiefs for the search and rescue unit, chiefs McNeil and Hanlon will oversee all search and rescue operations in the region to find individuals believed to be in distress, lost, sick or injured in areas that are either remote or difficult to access.

At the monthly training the SEMLEC search and rescue unit presented Wall with a token of appreciation for his many years of dedication to the team and all of the communities SEMLEC represents. Wall served as a control chief for SEMLEC Search and Rescue for the past seven years and has served in law enforcement for the past 34 years.