Superintendent of Police Gregory C. Hudon is pleased to announce that a team of assessors from the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission is scheduled to arrive on October 1, 2024, to begin examining various aspects of the Lowell Police Department’s policies and procedures, operations, and facilities.
Verification by the Assessment Team that the Lowell Police Department meets the Commission’s standards is part of a voluntary process to maintain state Accreditation — a self-initiated evaluation process by which police departments strive to meet and maintain standards that have been established for the profession, by the profession.
The Massachusetts Police Accreditation Program consists of 275 mandatory standards as well as 119 optional standards. In order to achieve accreditation status, the Department must meet all applicable mandatory standards as well as 70% of the optional standards.
Maintaining Accreditation is a highly prized recognition of law enforcement professional excellence. Anyone interested in learning more about this program is invited to contact Deputy Superintendent Mark LeBlanc or the Department’s Accreditation Manager Lieutenant Jonathan Noone.