Massachusetts Environmental Police

Massachusetts Environmental Police, doing business as Office Of Law Enforcement, is a state government law enforcement agency operating as a child entity under The Commonwealth of Massachusetts that receives federal grant funding for boating safety and port security programs as a prime recipient, with minimal federal contracting activity.

The agency is headquartered in Chelsea, Massachusetts and operates as a U.S. state government entity without SBA set-aside designations. Its federal footprint centers on formula and project grants rather than federal contracts. The recent contract award consists of a $7,200 purchase order from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District for law enforcement services at Buffumville Lake in Charlton, Massachusetts and Hodges Village Dam in Oxford, Massachusetts, performed through November 30, 2026. The agency's substantive federal funding derives from Coast Guard boating safety grants and FEMA port security grants.

The Massachusetts Environmental Police has received recurring formula grants from the U.S. Coast Guard under the Boating Safety Financial Assistance program (CFDA 97.012) spanning 2021 through 2028. The most recent award, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028, provides $2.39 million to support the State Recreational Boating Safety Program, which funds boating safety public education, personnel training in boating safety and law enforcement skills, boating safety inspections and marine casualty investigations, emergency and search-and-rescue facilities and assistance, waterway markers and navigation aids, and state recreational vessel numbering and titling programs. Prior Coast Guard formula grants awarded in fiscal years 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 carried values of $2.1 million, $2.2 million, and recurring amounts through September 2025. The agency also received project grants from FEMA under the Port Security Grant Program in fiscal years 2021 and 2023. A single sub-award appears under the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Safety as the prime grantee under the SFY 25-26 Byrne JAG Municipal Law Enforcement Grant Program (awarded December 16, 2025).

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard dominate the customer concentration, accounting for 97% of awards (28 and 20 awards respectively across the agency's 61-award federal footprint). The combined obligated dollars across all awards reach $47.8 million, substantially exceeding the combined potential value of $3.3 million, reflecting the historical nature of the source data spanning back to 2001. Recent activity shows one award in 2024, two awards in 2025, and one award in 2026. Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $127 thousand.