Oscar Perez named Providence police chief

PROVIDENCE MAYOR Brett Smiley (right) named Col. Oscar Perez (left) as the new Providence Police Chief in a press conference on Friday. / PBN SCREENSHOT
PROVIDENCE – A 29-year veteran of the Providence Police Department will serve as the city’s top law enforcement leader, and its first Latino police chief.  Mayor Brett Smiley named Col. Oscar Perez to head the capital city police force in a press conference on Friday. Perez, a Colombian immigrant who moved to Providence as a…

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