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PHOTOS: Lowell Police Academy Graduates 30 New Officers in 30th Year of Providing Professional Law Enforcement Training

Thirty recruits walked onto the stage of the Lowell Memorial Auditorium on Friday, saluted, received a handshake and certification documents, and then walked off the stage as a police officer amid the cheers of family and friends.
Lowell Police Officer Baylee Teal salutes Officer Tim Cooper, Sgt. Tom Hickey and Officer Tim Roussell just before receiving her graduation certificates on stage at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium on Friday. The Lowell Police Academy graduated 30 new officers in its 30th year of operation. (Photo Courtesy Lowell Police Department)

LOWELL — Thirty recruits walked onto the stage of the Lowell Memorial Auditorium on Friday, saluted, received a handshake and certification documents, and then walked off the stage as a police officer amid the cheers of family and friends.

Moments later, the new officers were preliminarily sworn in, and their family members pinned their badges onto their uniforms for the first time. 

In it’s 30th year of operation, the Lowell Police Academy graduated another class of officers on Friday morning. 

The 21-week academy has been in operation since 1996, providing recruits with hundreds of hours of training in constitutional law, criminal law, criminal investigations, First Aid and CPR, firearms and defensive tactics, emergency vehicle operations and more. 

The academy is certified by the Municipal Police Training Committee (MPTC), and overseen by Lowell Police instructors and senior officers. 

New officers now leave the academy for Brookline Police, Acton Police, Billerica Police, North Reading Police, Peabody Police, Malden Police, Revere Police, and Somerville Police.

“I congratulate all of these new officers on their hard-earned graduation. The Lowell Police Academy is rigorous and our expectations are high, but I still told these officers at graduation that this will be the easiest part of their careers. Now the real work begins,” said Lowell Police Superintendent Greg Hudon. “I want to thank these new officers for their dedication, and I want to thank their families for being so supportive.”

Lowell Police Superintendent Greg Hudon welcomes recruits, family and friends to the graduation of the Lowell Police Academy, which has been in operation for 30 years now. (Photo Courtesy Lowell Police Department)
Recruits from Lowell, Chelmsford, North Reading and Malden were among those who graduated on Friday morning as new police officers. (Photo Courtesy Lowell Police Department)
The Lowell High School Choir sang the National Anthem prior to the graduation. (Photo Courtesy Lowell Police Department)
A new Brookline Police Department Officer smiles while watching a highlight video of the Lowell Police Academy during graduation. (Photo Courtesy Lowell Police Department)
Officer Greg Jumpp salutes just before receiving his graduation certificates. (Photo Courtesy Lowell Police Department)
A Malden Police Officer has his badge pinned to his uniform by a family member. (Photo Courtesy Lowell Police Department)
Family and friends turned out in force to support recruits. (Photo Courtesy Lowell Police Department)
Command staff, instructors and new officers from the Lowell Police Department stand together on stage at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium after graduation. (Photo Courtesy Lowell Police Department)

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