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June 6, 2007

Narragansett police chief RWU's new security head

BRISTOL -- Roger Williams University has a new director of security: Narragansett Police Chief J. David Smith, who succeeds Brendan P. Doherty, now the superintendent of state police.

Smith will begin as security director on or about July 8. Doherty was picked in April by Governor Carcieri to lead the state police.

“Having worked directly with the University of Rhode Island during his time in Narragansett, Chief Smith brings to Roger Williams a solid understanding of higher education policing issues,” Roy J. Nirschel, the Roger Williams University president, said in a news release. “He’ll make an excellent leader for our valued team of Public Safety officers.”

Smith has served as Narragansett police chief since 2002. Before that, he was Westerly police chief after more than 20 years as a Westerly officer.

Smith was co-chairman of the Narragansett/University of Rhode Island Coalition since 2002, and he was an adjunct lecturer at Roger Williams and an advisory board member of the university’s Justice System Training and Research Institute.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 6:22 PM | Permalink

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