Tag: Steven Pare
Clements to head federal COPS program
PROVIDENCE – The city’s outgoing police chief, Col. Hugh T. Clements Jr., already has a new job.
Clements has been appointed by U.S. Attorney General...
Smiley begins search for new Providence police chief
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett Smiley announced Friday that the search process has begun to find the 38th chief of the Providence Police Department.
The city’s...
Providence council approves changes needed to hire for contested police community...
PROVIDENCE – City lawmakers appear to have settled their beef over a new community relations role in the Providence Police Department, with the City...
Providence council moves to fill contested police community relations job
PROVIDENCE – The stalemate between Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s office and the City Council over a controversial police appointment appears to have ended.
Elorza’s original...
Providence police chief pledges ‘surgical’ approach to cracking down on ATVs
PROVIDENCE – Providence Police Chief Hugh T. Clements pledged to take a “surgical” approach to cracking down on illegal all-terrain vehicles in a press...
Conflicting viewpoints, lack of documents create new questions in Michael Stephens’...
PROVIDENCE – Two very different pictures of the hiring process for the new Providence Police community relations leader were painted on Tuesday night as...
Council calls Elorza’s pick for police role into question amid new...
PROVIDENCE – Controversy surrounding Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s pick for a new Providence Police Department post has escalated with new allegations about the hiring...
Elorza pick for Providence Police community relations role draws criticism
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza is facing criticism over his decision to put a city administrator with no policing experience in a leading...
Providence Police seize 30 ATVs in two weeks
PROVIDENCE – A more strategic crackdown on illegal all-terrain vehicles across the city is yielding some initial success, with about 30 ATVs and dirt...
City lawmakers, law enforcement leaders clash over how to address crime...
PROVIDENCE - Longstanding tensions over violent crime, illegal all-terrain vehicles and funding for police in the city were laid bare before the City Council...
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