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According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 48 law enforcement agencies employing 2,828 sworn police officers, about 268 for each 100,000 residents.
The first formal law system in Rhode Island was established in 1647, [3] which created a code, which was based on the English criminal code, but could also be changed to the likings of the colonists. [3]
1877 panoramic map of Westerly with list of sights. Westerly, Rhode Island prior to English colonization was known as Misquamicut, home to the Narragansett people prior to 1637, before the English had build an outpost, and forced the Narragansett people out of the region by 1661, allowing for the permanent settlement on the coast line.
The 169th Military Police Company is an independent company of military police of the Rhode Island National Guard. [1] It is a subordinate unit of the 118th Military Police Battalion and the 43rd Military Police Brigade .
Misquamicut (MISS-kwahm-eh-kut [5]) is a census-designated place and fire district in southern Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. It is part of the town of Westerly . [ 6 ] The population was listed as 434 in the 2020 census.
Westerly is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Westerly in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States.The population was 17,682 at the 2000 census.The CDP includes the majority of the town of Westerly's population, with only the rural eastern and coastal southern portions of towns excluded.
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Historic Downtown Westerly, Rhode Island. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 563 square miles (1,460 km 2), of which 329 square miles (850 km 2) is land and 234 square miles (610 km 2) (41%) is water. [10] It is the largest county in Rhode Island by total area.