Jurisdiction

UMass Lowell police officers are fully sworn with special State Police powers in accordance with Massachusetts General Law 22c, Section 63 which gives them the same police authority as municipal police officers for “…any criminal offense committed in or upon the lands or structures owned, used, or occupied by such…university.”

Additionally, officers derive their authority promulgated from the Board of Trustees of the University of Massachusetts and are sworn as Middlesex County Deputy Sheriffs which allows officers to perform police duties on the public ways of the county.

As such, the officers of the UMass Lowell Police Department have the ability to act both on and off campus within the City of Lowell as well as all of Middlesex County, if there should ever be a need to assist another police agency. Officers also have the authority to issue motor vehicle citations for motor vehicle infractions as well as the authority to enforce Massachusetts General Laws both on and off the campus.