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Providence Crime Statistics

Year Population Violent Crime Murder Rape Robbery Assault Property Crime Burglary Theft Car Theft Arson
2005 177,392 1,207 20 106 424 657 9,124 1,835 5,025 2,264
 

Local Providence Crime News

Childhood adversity may promote cellular aging (EurekAlert!)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:36:45 GMT
( Elsevier ) Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse could be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research published by Elsevier in Biological Psychiatry.

GPS taken in car break (The Eagle-Tribune)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:56:10 GMT
Thieves stole a GPS from a car parked in Lawrence.

Across the USA News from every state (USA Today)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:22:12 GMT
News from every state

Aztecs will look to control pace of Tennessee (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:09:08 GMT
Steve Fisher was somewhere between the news and the names. He knew his San Diego State Aztecs had been assigned/exiled to Rhode Island to begin the NCAA Basketball Tournament, and that their first-round foe would be Tennessee.

Deceased trooper worked Op. Deception (FOX Providence)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:59:08 GMT
The Rhode Island State Police detective killed in a weekend crash was one of the key State Police investigators in “Operation Deception.”

Boys' Hockey: Huskies, Vikings reach D-Three finals; Pats sweep into D-Two championship round (Sakonnet Times)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:45:45 GMT
PAWTUCKET — The Rhode Island Division Three boys’ hockey championship series will have a distinctly local flavor while another area team will play for the Division Two title after the results of games played Saturday, March 13.

After department drug sting, Providence police chief blasted, hailed (The Providence Journal)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:31:16 GMT
Police Chief Dean M. Esserman walked in uniform on Hope Street on Friday morning, a week after three of his officers were arrested in a drug sting, and found the reception on the street far different from the shouts and criticism on the airwaves.

police digest (The Providence Journal)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:00:54 GMT
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RISP Arrest Coventry Man on Child Porn Charges (ABC 6 Providence)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:16:13 GMT
On Thursday, March 11, 2010, the Rhode Island State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, along with the Coventry and Providence Police Departments, arrested Donald Bender, age 20, of 14 Newell Court, Coventry, Rhode Island for Possession of Child Pornography.

Drug arrests latest problem for R.I. police force (MSNBC)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:26:51 GMT
After three Providence police officers were arrested last week in a cocaine-peddling sting, Chief Dean Esserman called it a "hard day" for the department. Police - Police officer - Law Enforcement - Law - Providence Rhode Island

 

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Law Enforcement Employees by City

Data as of 2005

City Total Law Enforcement Total Officers Total Civilians
Barrington 31 24 7
Bristol 51 40 11
Burrillville 35 25 10
Central Falls 53 41 12
Charlestown 26 21 5
Coventry 67 55 12
Cranston 178 144 34
Cumberland 58 47 11
East Greenwich 42 33 9
East Providence 119 97 22
Foster 9 5 4
Glocester 19 14 5
Hopkinton 21 16 5
Jamestown 18 14 4
Johnston 94 75 19
Lincoln 41 33 8
Little Compton 13 9 4
Middletown 42 38 4
Narragansett 52 40 12
New Shoreham 11 5 6
Newport 105 84 21
North Kingstown 61 48 13
North Providence 94 71 23
North Smithfield 27 22 5
Pawtucket 188 153 35
Portsmouth 36 33 3
Providence 568 480 88
Richmond 16 12 4
Scituate 23 17 6
Smithfield 53 40 13
South Kingstown 70 52 18
Tiverton 39 27 12
Warren 27 22 5
Warwick 228 180 48
West Greenwich 17 11 6
West Warwick 69 58 11
Westerly 58 47 11
Woonsocket 115 98 17
   
 

Active Amber Alerts

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Amber Alerts for Rhode Island
 

Missing Persons for
Providence, RI


Family Abduction: KIMBERLY YATES (RI)
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:01:49 EST


Family Abduction: KELLY YATES (RI)
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:01:49 EST


Endangered Missing: TERESA AGUILERA-HURTADO (RI)
Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:14:13 EDT


Endangered Missing: HANNAH AGUILERA-HURTADO (RI)
Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:14:13 EDT

There are no missing persons
for Rhode Island