The current Lowell Police Department was formed in 1949. It was reorganized under the city charter in 1960. Previous to 1949, the Village of Lowell was served by elected constables. In 1932, Officer Knapp, who may have been a Lowell police officer, Kent County deputy, was shot and killed in the village while trying to apprehend armed bank robbers fleeing from Grand Rapids.
The current police force is comprised of 6 full-time officers, a contingent of part-time officers part-time officers, two clerical staff and a school crossing guard. The department provides professional public safety services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The men and women of the Lowell Police Department are proud of our community and the service we provide to it.
MEET THE DEPARTMENT
CHIEF OF POLICE CHRISTOPHER HURST SERVING SINCE 1994
SERGEANT GORDY LAUREN SERVING SINCE 2009
OFFICER MIKE STEPHENS SERVING SINCE 2019
OFFICER IAN SHEARS SERVING SINCE 2016
DETECTIVE AUBREY CULVER SERVING SINCE 2020
ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK EILEEN DEVRIES SERVING SINCE 2021
ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK LESLIE HEFFRON SERVING SINCE 1993
OFFICER ANDY COAKER SERVING SINCE 2017
OFFICER JESSICA KENNEDY SERVING SINCE 2021
OFFICER DAVE OESCH SERVING SINCE 2002
OFFICER JIM REAMSTRA SERVING SINCE 2019
OFFICER WILL SMITH SERVING SINCE 2015
OFFICER JESALYN HEARD SERVING SINCE 2021
OFFICER BRYAN RADER SERVING SINCE 2022
CROSSING GUARD DAN DURHAM SERVING SINCE 2021