Posts Tagged ‘police’
A weekend of service with the RI State Police
The RI State Police has a unit called the Community, Diversity and Equity Unit, providing community service activities throughout the state. They were also called into action to assist with traffic and crowd problems and moped fatalities on Block Island – here’s where we found them this weekend: Det. Hernandez & Trp. Cedrone from our…
Read MoreIn The Arena interviews Bo Dietl about crime in New York City
Each week Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews people of interest on his program, “In The Arena”. The show airs at 7am on Sundays on ABC6. Bo Dietl, former New York City Police Detective, media personality, and actor talks about crime in New York City, shootings, black on black violence, and Black Lives Matter. Here is “In…
Read MorePOSTPONED due to weather: Back the Blue tonight in Providence
A rally called peaceful and pro-police will take place in and around downtown Providence TODAY, July 23rd from 6:45 to 8:30pm. The rally is composed of law enforcement from throughout the region, including police, correctional officers, retired police, and families of “the Blue”. The event will begin with a meet and greet at 6:45, which…
Read MoreThe Police need the Community need the Police
From national legislation underway to amend police enforcement techniques such as eliminating the choke hold and regulations on use of deadly force, to local efforts to support the police, defund the police, self-regulation efforts, and strife with city leadership, the police were in the news moreso in the last 48 hours than ever before. Here’s…
Read More“Yes, something very wrong is going on here” – by Michael Morse
So, I was thinking about the Providence Firefighter who prepared a speech for the Black Lives Matter rally and told his story for the local news. Then I was thinking about my former union’s president releasing a press release in support of that firefighter. Having stared down the barrel of a police officer’s gun not once,…
Read MoreA weekend of protest – and destruction – and the week ahead
Spurred by outrage over the death of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, pressing his knee into his neck, while the crowd around them – and Floyd himself – cried out that he couldn’t breathe, has erupted the country into violence, coast to coast, over the past 3 nights. A protest…
Read MoreTakin’ it to the streets in Pawtucket and Central Falls
Messaging, in Four Languages, Urges Residents with Coronavirus Symptoms to call 855-843-7620 Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. Grebien and Central Falls Mayor James A. Diossa announced that the police departments in both cities will drive through neighborhoods urging residents with symptoms of covid-19 to call 855-843-7620. The messaging, on behalf of the BEAT COVID-19 initiative, is…
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