| Lowell Police Department | |
| Abbreviation | LPD |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Superseding agency | Massachusetts State Police |
| Employees | 317 |
| Annual budget | $21.2 million |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | State of Massachusetts, USA |
| Size | 14.5 square miles |
| Population | 106,519 |
| Legal jurisdiction | City of Lowell, Massachusetts |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Lowell, Massachusetts |
| Police Officers | 222 |
| Civilians | 95 |
| Agency executives |
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| Facilities | |
| City Jails | 1 |
| Marked Patrol Vehicles | 48 |
| Unmarked Vehicles | 60 |
| Watercrafts | 21' Boston Whaler |
| K-9 Units | 4 |
| Website | |
| Lowell Police Department | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Lowell Police Department (LPD) has the primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation for a population of about 107,000 in the 14.5-square-mile (38 km2) city of Lowell, Massachusetts. Lowell is the fourth largest city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is county seat of Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
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The Lowell Police Department serves its community in the following ways:
To work with the community to reduce crime, the fear of crime, and improve the quality of life in the city of Lowell.
The Lowell Police Department's Training Academy has been in operation since 1996 and have schooled over 350 men and women from 48 cities and towns about the ins and outs of police work. The LPD Academy consists 50 classes over the course of 22 weeks of training (880 hours). It is held in conjunction with the Cambridge and Lawrence Police Department. In 2010, the LPD moved its Training Division from the CrossPoint Towers to the Early Garage downtown.
The Lowell Police Department is made up of 167 Police Officers, 30 Sergeants, 13 Lieutenants, 9 Captains, 2 Deputy Superintendent, and a Superintendent (or Chief). Making a total of 222 sworn officers.[2]
Through a strategic planning process known as Geographic Responsibility, as well as input from the people of Lowell, it was determined that Crime and Disorder could be most effectively fought with the presence of a constant officer in neighborhoods. This method also seemed to be the most logical thing for supervision and accountability of each officer. There was frustration experienced by both officers and residents regarding the ability of officers to investigate neighborhood crimes. It was determined that officers who have the knowledge of a specific area and a relationship with the residents were to be assigned there, where they could best police the area. With this assignment method it is hoped that officers and residents will become more readily acquainted and will be more helpful to each other. Geographic assignment, the final phase of the Reorganization of the LPD, commenced on 17 January 1999. The city has been divided into three sectors which is each commanded by a Captain who has overall responsibility for the administration, neighborhood problems and concerns, as well as the success of his/her sector.[3]
East Sector Commanded by: Captain Kevin Sullivan
West Sector Commanded by: Captain William Taylor
North Sector Commanded by: Captain Kelly Richardson
Housing Authority Commanded by: Sergeant O'Neill
SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT Commanded by:
INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES DIVISION
Traffic Division Commanded by: Lieutenant Timothy Crowley
On-Call Units
Professional Standards Division Commanded by: Captain Randall Humphrey
Since its inception, the Lowell Police Department has lost four police officers in the line of duty. In 1978, Officer Christos Rouses, was shot and killed while responding to a silent alarm at a local pharmacy. In 1980, there was a memorial depicting an officer with his hand on the right shoulder of a young child placed in his honor directly in front of Department headquarters at JFK Plaza. The memorial, which sits in the center of a fountain has the names of: