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Lowell Police Department

City agency in Kent, Michigan. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 1996.

ORI
MI4153900
Type
City
County
Kent
State
Michigan
FBI reporting
Reporting since 1996-01-01
Location
42.9350, -85.3371

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 4,155.

6Sworn officers
1Civilian staff
1.68Employees per 1,000 people
4,155Population served
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
2025614,1551.68
2024614,0891.71
2023614,1101.70
2022004,1370.00
2021514,2391.42
2020514,2161.42
2019514,1981.43
2018514,1381.45
2017514,0891.47
2016513,9311.53
2015513,9171.53
2014513,8791.55

Officer and civilian counts are full-time employees as filed by the agency in its annual return. A dash means the agency did not report that figure for that year — it does not mean zero.

Military surplus received

Transferred under the Department of Defense 1033 programme, which passes surplus military equipment to law enforcement agencies at no cost. Values are the Department’s original acquisition cost, not what the equipment is worth today.

$10,169Original acquisition value
9Line items received
20142017Years of transfers
ItemQuantityAcquisition valueMost recent
Telescope,Panoramic1$5,7132016-02-10
Target Set,Surveying1$1,4002017-10-10
Sight,Reflex6$1,1252014-11-03
Bore Light System,Laser1$6572015-11-24
Armor Plate8$5392014-05-22
Telescope,Straight1$4422014-07-17
Bipod,Machine Gun5$2132016-12-07
Adapter Rail,Weapon Mounted5$812015-08-10

Source: Defense Logistics Agency, Law Enforcement Support Office, public data as at 30 June 2026. Items are grouped by description; the date shown is the most recent shipment of that item.

Also policing Kent

Jurisdictions overlap. These agencies are also recorded against the same county, so a single address may be covered by more than one of them.

Source

Agency identity, type, jurisdiction, coordinates and reporting status are as published by the FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency record MI4153900. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.