From the League of Women Voters:

Members of the Wellesley community are invited to hear Wellesley Deputy Chief of Police Jack Pilecki and Walpole Police Chief John Carmichael discuss the ongoing issues of substance abuse in Wellesley and in the state at large. Results from the most recent Metrowest Survey of Teen At-Risk Behavior will also be discussed. The meeting will be held Thursday, October 20, 7-8:30pm in the library of Wellesley High School, 50 Rice Street, Wellesley. The meeting is free and open to the public.

Chief John Carmichael is currently the liaison for the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association to the Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Program, the Governor’s Interagency Council on Substance Abuse & Mental Health, and a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police’s Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs Committee, where he continues to recognize and help implement sound responses to drug issues and policy in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and throughout the country.

Deputy Chief Jack Pilecki, a 30-year veteran of the Wellesley Police Department, served as a court officer, as well as lieutenant supervising day-to-day activities in the department before his appointment as deputy chief three years ago.

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization encouraging informed and active participation in government. It influences public policy through education and advocacy. For more information, visit LWVWellesley.org.