LOWELL — Acting Superintendent Barry Golner is pleased to announce that the Lowell Police Department has been awarded a grant to increase the number of impaired driving patrols during the holiday season as part of the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” enforcement campaign. As part of the Municipal Road Safety Program, the Baker-Polito Administration…
Acting Superintendent Barry Golner is pleased to report that the Lowell Police Department is partnering with students at Middlesex Community College’s Criminal and Social Justice Department to collect gifts for the eighth annual Lowell Police Holiday Toy Drive this year. Students in the Criminal and Social Justice Department, under the leadership of Department Chair and…
LOWELL — Acting Superintendent Barry Golner and the Lowell Police Department unveiled a new traffic enforcement cruiser meant to increase the visibility of traffic patrols while also honoring veterans. There are 61 sworn Lowell Police Officers who are also veterans, and a large number of retired officers are veterans as well. “This is our small…
LOWELL — Acting Superintendent Barry Golner is pleased to announce that the Lowell Police Department has been awarded $429,979 in grant funding to purchase and equip all officers of the Lowell Police Department with body-worn cameras. The grant funding was provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Fiscal Year 2022 Body-worn Camera Policy and…
LOWELL — Acting Superintendent Barry Golner reports that the Lowell Police Department expanded its School Resource Officer Program to include six officers and a supervisor working in schools across the city, and that the program will be expanded further. The Lowell Police Department’s School Resource Officer Program at one point before the pandemic had eight…
LOWELL — Acting Superintendent Barry Golner is pleased to share that Lowell Police Youth Services and community partners held a flag football league for neighborhood youths from around Lowell, with a championship tournament concluding the league on Sunday. Approximately 85 kids took part in the league throughout the month of October, as the four-week program…
LOWELL — Acting Superintendent Barry Golner and the Lowell Police Department unveiled a new traffic enforcement cruiser on Friday, aimed at boosting the visibility of traffic patrols while raising awareness of Breast Cancer. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month — a nationwide effort among police to raise awareness of breast cancer, the importance of early…
LOWELL — Acting Superintendent Barry Golner and the Lowell Police Department are pleased to share that the Department held its second annual Youth Outreach Day on Wednesday with support from law enforcement and community partners. The Chelsea Police Department sent its ice cream truck, Manchester, N.H., Police sent its comfort pony and equestrian unit, and…
LOWELL — Acting Superintendent Barry Golner and the Lowell Police Department invite the community to the second-annual Youth Outreach Day. WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 3:30-6 p.m. WHERE: JFK Plaza, 50 Arcand Drive, Lowell, MA WHAT: The Lowell Police Department’s second-annual Youth Outreach Day will feature games, food, and refreshments, a chance to challenge Lowell Police officers…
LOWELL — Acting Superintendent Barry Golner and the Lowell Police Department are grateful to share that a city barbershop — Golden Cuts — provided free back-to-school haircuts for Lowell youth who are part of the Lowell Police Youth Services (LPYS) Boxing Program. Iglesia Bethesda Internacional, a church on Boston Road in Billerica, also provided backpacks…