Lynn Police Department

Across the City of Lynn, Massachusetts, the police department enforces the law and keeps order to protect people and property, and it aims to reduce crime with prevention work and partnerships with the community to solve problems. Uniformed patrol forms the core of the department, with officers on rotating shifts that cover the city around the clock and take part in community policing and crime prevention work. A bike patrol team works the downtown business district, moving through congested streets to stay visible, address quality-of-life concerns and connect people with local service providers. Communication officers are sworn officers who take incoming calls, work out what is happening, enter calls into a computer-aided dispatch system by priority and send them by radio or to cruiser terminals; they also run the department's traffic on BAPERN, the regional police emergency radio network, and on the NCIC and LEAPS systems. A Behavioral Health Unit of mental health professionals responds to people in mental health crisis or living with substance use disorder and links them to services. An animal control officer handles stray and injured animals, cruelty cases and animal ordinances, and a community engagement lieutenant plans events and education programs.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023), Lynn city, MA has an estimated population of 100,905.