A Lowell Police Academy recruit high fives a boy while operating an inflatable game at the Lowell Police Department’s fourth-annual Youth Outreach Day on Wednesday. (Courtesy Lowell Police Department)

LOWELL — Superintendent Greg Hudon and the Lowell Police Department are pleased to report that the fourth-annual Lowell Police Youth Outreach Day was a resounding success. 

Forming positive relationships with community members, especially youth, is a high priority for the Lowell Police Department as it seeks to build trust with the public. Youth Outreach Day is a fun-filled day of games and activities meant to help police and community members connect. 

“Youth Outreach Day is a great opportunity for our officers to create positive experiences and relationships with youth, and we are pleased that it went so well again this year,” said Superintendent Hudon.

Youth Outreach Day 2024 featured games, food and refreshments, a video game van, a chance to challenge Lowell Police officers at corn hole, as well as opportunities to see and touch police equipment from the Lowell Police Department, Massachusetts State Police, National Park Service Police, the Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council, and more.

Grant funds from the Shannon Community Safety Initiative, provided by the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security and the Office of Grants and Research were used to support the event. 

Additionally, the Lowell Police Superior and Patrol Officer’s Unions provided raffle baskets that were raffled off to attendees. 

Youth Outreach Day was held in the courtyard between the Lowell Police Department and City Hall, around the Officer Christos Rouses Memorial. (Courtesy Lowell Police Department)
Kevin Kavanagh of the National Park Police poses with a boy at Youth Outreach Day. National Park Police were just one of several agencies that sent police cruisers and officers to interact with Lowell youth. (Courtesy Lowell Police Department)
Lowell Police School Resource Officer Mindy Dower poses with youth in a rescue vehicle brought to Youth Outreach Day by the Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council. (Courtesy Lowell Police Department)
Two boys ride in a U.S. Park Service Police toy car at Youth Outreach Day. (Courtesy Lowell Police Department)
The memorial to Officer Christos Rouses, the last Lowell Police Officer to die in the line of duty, stands amid Youth Outreach Day. The memorial depicts Officer Rouses engaging with a young boy. (Courtesy Lowell Police Department)
Lowell Police School Resource Officer Mindy Dower poses with a boy who won one of the raffle baskets donated by the Lowell Police Patrol Officer’s Union and the Lowell Police Superior Officer’s Union. (Courtesy Lowell Police Department)