Tag: Police
Police: South County Hospital placed in lockdown but no threat found
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – South County Hospital was placed under lockdown Monday afternoon, but the local police determine there was no threat and the hospital...
Report: 4 men arrested outside Providence Place mall in shoplifting bust
PROVIDENCE – Four men believed to be connected to a South American organized retail theft group were arrested outside Providence Place mall, according to...
UMass Dartmouth Police Department awarded $105K grant for crisis response training
DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on March 17 announced that its police department received a $105,000 Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program grant.
The...
Report: Cranston landlord, tenants charged after brawl
CRANSTON – A fight between an apartment building landlord and several of his tenants at a Broad Street property on April 9 led to...
R.I. State Police Col. James Manni hired as South Kingstown town...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – R.I. State Police Col. James M. Manni is returning to municipal government as a town manager once again.
After serving for three...
Should Providence create a new public-safety office for initial responses to...
A new report says Providence could cut costs and improve services by creating a public-safety department to coordinate and respond to social service-related needs.
The...
Keep ATVs off city streets
Kudos to Cranston and Providence officials for taking seriously the proliferation of all-terrain vehicles on city streets. The cities are joining forces to combat...
High-driving arrests rise in Vermont, but there’s nuance in the numbers
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) – In the first year that recreational marijuana was legal in Vermont, the number of drivers arrested by state police for...
Was the R.I. Supreme Court right to side with Cranston in...
Nearly three years after R.I. Superior Court ruled in favor of Cranston in its bid to sharply curtailed cost-of-living adjustments for police and firefighter...
Can a self-described ‘pro[business]-growth progressive’ mayor boost investment in Providence?
The son of Guatemalan immigrants who settled in the West End of Providence, Mayor Jorge O. Elorza is a pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps story: The first in...
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