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The Rhode Island State Police achieved its initial accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in 1994, and was reaccredited in 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, and 2011. The Division achieved Flagship Status in 2005, 2008, and 2011 and received the Accreditation with Excellence Award in 2011, 2014, and 2017.
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.
In July 1931, the State of Rhode Island opened Hillsgrove State Airport on 158 acres (0.64 km 2) in Warwick, the first state-owned and operated airfield in the United States. The terminal building opened in January 1933. For many years, it was occupied by an office of the U.S. Weather Service. [2]
This is a list of airports in Rhode Island (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Rhode Island's criminalists at the state crime lab made a determination. Some experts with the Boston Police reached a different conclusion. Analysis of links between guns, bullets, casings comes ...
"We wanted to make sure we honored all of the victims from that night," said SPD Wives' Callee Ramsey at Tuesday's unveiling of a memorial bench. New memorial at Jordan Valley Park honors victims ...
The airport is owned by the State of Rhode Island and opened for service in 1951. It serves the northern portion of the Providence metropolitan area and is located 3 nmi (3.5 mi; 5.6 km) east of the central business district of Smithfield . [ 1 ]
In 2021, revised proposal H6051, [41] which would change the airport's name to "Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport", was passed by the Rhode Island House of Representatives on May 11. [42] The proposal was approved by the Rhode Island Senate the following month. [43] In June 2021, the airport's name was officially changed. [6]