Posts Tagged ‘Providence Police’
Homeless in RI: Irina and Stanislaw Kozak Laid to Rest After Winter Deaths Outside Miriam Hospital
rina Kozak, 75, and her son, Stanislaw Kozak, 49, were laid to rest at North Burial Ground after they were found dead in a snow-covered car outside Miriam Hospital. Their deaths raise questions about homelessness, disability, language barriers and emergency response in Rhode Island.
Read MoreUPDATED: Beloved Federal Hill Faces a New Reality: Video Brings Into Focus What No One Wants to See
A Saturday night altercation on Federal Hill is raising new questions about public safety, traffic control and crowd management during one of Providence’s busiest dining nights.
Read MoreProvidence Police outline World Cup safety plan as player concerns, fan travel raise questions
Rhode Island’s World Cup role is a celebration — and a test of planning. Ghana’s base camp, player charges, Scotland fan travel, extended bar hours and Providence’s layered FanZone security plan all raise public-safety questions.
Read More“We Do Not Work Through the News Media to Address Community Questions,” Brown University
Brown University has a decision to make. Like many universities facing complex public-safety questions, Brown is filtering that decision through academic discourse — a process that often yields shades of gray rather than a clear outcome, and as many opinions as there are voices weighing in. At issue is whether Brown will accept an invitation…
Read MorePlanet Fitness Donates Equipment to First Responders at Johnston Fire & Providence Police
PLANET FITNESS NORTH PROVIDENCE DONATES EQUIPMENT TO JOHNSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT & PROVIDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT Planet Fitness is donating commercial-grade fitness equipment from its North Providence club to support the health and wellness of local first responders at the Johnston Fire Department and the Providence Police Department. All of the firefighters are Johnston, RI residents, except…
Read MoreNAACP Providence Branch officers removed by NAACP national. Providence Police report filed.
An Emergency Meeting was held at 6pm on Tuesday night, June 2nd, over ZOOM between the national NAACP office and the membership (only) of the Providence branch of the NAACP. While we were aware of the impending meeting, the national office held information close to the vest and offered to send us a statement immediately…
Read MoreAnother kerfuffle where strikers’ rights meet rights of children, elderly, homeowners, drivers
Photo on picket line, Providence City Council social pages Members of SEIU at Butler Hospital have been striking for over a week now, walking on Blackstone Boulevard which has no sidewalks, often crossing back and forth over the one-lane car, one-lane bike land property. Picketing includes signs, shouting, notes for cars to blow their horns…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: Water watchers, Easter at The Preserve, Title IX, family fish, bow hunt, 2A time
Photo, top: URI Watershed Watch (URI Photo/Bill McCusker) Water Watchers! URI Watershed Watch, which has collected water quality data on lakes, ponds, reservoirs, rivers, streams and the marine environment throughout southern New England, for more than 35 years, is seeking volunteers. A program of URI Cooperative Extension, Watershed Watch volunteers help to assess the impacts…
Read MoreHomeless in RI: Charles St. encampments at DaVinci Center, Charles Place clearing (UPDATE)
MONDAY update, Aug. 7, 2023 – Today, Providence officials will check on the encampment at private property on Charles Street to make sure that it has been vacated, and then clean-up of the area will begin. There are 3 parcels – 2 state owned land are vacated and being cleaned. 1 large private owned space…
Read MoreNotice: Providence College active shooter training TODAY, May 24, 8am to 2pm
TODAY, Wednesday, May 24th, the Providence College Office of Public Safety will conduct a full-scale, active shooter training exercise in conjunction with the Providence Police Department. This exercise will take place on the PC campus beginning at 8am and running to approximately 2pm. During this time, neighbors in the surrounding community may hear loud noises…
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