Tag: Law Enforcement
R.I. police departments will receive $1.2M in federal funds to support...
WEST WARWICK – U.S. Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., along with Thundermist Health Center representatives, announced Monday at the West Warwick...
R.I. gets $1.5M federal grant for police body cameras
PROVIDENCE – The state has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to help equip police departments with body-worn cameras.
The...
Cunha to become the next U.S. attorney for R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Zachary A. Cunha, who has been with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island since 2014, will soon officially...
Providence JUMP bike program temporarily pulled following vandalism and theft
PROVIDENCE – The JUMP bike program in Providence will temporarily go offline following reports of vandalism and theft of the bikes, the Providence Mayor’s...
FBI: R.I. violent crime rate declines 2.9% Y/Y in 2017
PROVIDENCE – The violent crime rate in Rhode Island declined 2.9 percent from 2016 to 2017, from 239.1 per 100,000 people to 232.2 per...
Female architects, engineers scarce in R.I.
Ocean State women are still struggling to make inroads in some traditionally male-dominated fields, including jobs that might not immediately come to mind, such...
WalletHub: R.I. has No. 8 largest drug problem in U.S.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked No. 8 among the United States and Washington, D.C., with the largest drug problems, according to WalletHub report Monday.
The...
License plate recognition technology can be force multiplier for police
With the R.I. House of Representatives voting to approve a bill proposing a network of cameras on Rhode Island highways to automatically fine out-of-state...
