Police Superintendent Raymond Kelly Richardson is proud to announce that the Lowell Police Department has earned accreditation from the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission, making the department the largest municipal police force in Massachusetts to achieve the state's highest level of professional certification.
Police officer crawled through burning Lowell building to rescue family, officials say Share Updated: 11:10 AM EST Feb 11, 2021 Lowell fire Share Updated: 11:10 AM EST Feb 11, 2021 Lowell police officers rescued several people, including a baby who was dropped from the second floor to safety, from a fire Wednesday that claimed the life of a man.Police officers were the first to arrive at the burning home at 98 Westford St. Heavy smoke and flames were coming from the building. Officer Walter Varey rushed into the building when he heard screaming from the second floor. Forced to crawl because of the suffocating smoke, Varey found a man, a woman and their child. The officer carried the child downstairs to safety and returned to the second floor where the heavy smoke was matched with intense heat. Although he was only able to see about six inches ahead, Varey was able to get the man and woman out of the building before having to be assisted out by t
Doing a good deed for an 80-year-old woman
By Emily Sweeney Globe Staff,Updated January 29, 2021, 12:23 p.m.
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Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news. Here is a sampling of lesser-known â but no less noteworthy â incidents from police log books (a.k.a. blotters) in our suburbs.
BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY
On Dec. 23,
Lowell Police Officer Andrew Daly and Firefighter Stephen Lyle went out of their way to help an 80-year-old woman after a vehicle ran over her bag of groceries. The womanâs sibling later wrote to Lowell Police Superintendent Raymond Kelly Richardson to express appreciation for their good deed, and the Lowell Police Department tweeted out a copy of the thank-you note. âAn out of control driver drove over my sisterâs grocery bag,â the letter stated. âThey came quickly to handle the situation, asked my sister for her name, etc. Later that d