Tag: Providence Police Department
Towns, cities divided on concerns about Flock cameras
Tensions are high, and opinions are split among Rhode Island residents and municipal leaders regarding the use of Flock Group Inc. cameras designed to...
Report: Providence settles police brutality lawsuit for $300K
PROVIDENCE – The city has agreed to pay a Barrington resident $300,000 to settle allegations he was struck by two police officers during a...
Providence targets illegal ATV activity with overnight Roger Williams Park closures
PROVIDENCE – The city is launching a temporary overnight road closure pilot at Roger Williams Park as part of a larger enforcement effort targeting...
ACLU urges college leaders to deny city’s request to link surveillance...
PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. on Wednesday urged leaders at the six colleges with campuses in Providence to...
Report: Brown security vendor claims custodian was told to report shooting...
PROVIDENCE – A third-party security vendor at Brown University is disputing claims made by a campus custodian who said he repeatedly reported the suspect believed to...
Investigators seek older video that might show the Brown campus shooter...
PROVIDENCE (AP) – With the search for the Brown University shooter in its fifth day Wednesday, authorities were asking the public to review any security...
Police say street takeovers a ‘sporadic’ problem for residents, businesses
Following a large-scale street altercation in the Elmhurst section of Providence over the Halloween weekend, city and police officials say that similar "street takeovers”...
Providence City Council approves tougher rules on police interactions with ICE
PROVIDENCE – The City Council on Thursday unanimously approved stricter limits on how police interact with federal immigration authorities.
The revised rules, part of the...
Providence officials want to further prohibit police cooperation with ICE
As the Trump administration increases pressure on states and cities to have police assist with federal immigration enforcement, officials in Rhode Island’s capital are...
Panel: Providence Police broke city laws assisting ICE in July raid
PROVIDENCE – The police department broke the law while assisting a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in July, The Providence External Review Authority...
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