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July 5, 2007

State, Providence police join forces on weekend nights

PROVIDENCE – Starting tonight, the Rhode Island State Police again team up with the Providence Police Department to patrol the capital city’s streets on weekend nights in the summer.

This is the third year that Rhode Island State Police Neighborhood Response Teams will patrol the city on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, according to Governor Carcieri’s office.

The state police will assign five troopers to Providence on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings from tonight through Sept. 1. They will ride with Providence officers. The pairs will patrol on Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 2a.m., and on Fridays and Saturdays from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. The program should cost about $49,680, mostly for overtime for troopers.

Since the initiative began, the police have arrested more than 1,100 people and have issued more than 1,900 summonses, according to the governor’s office.

Read more about the stepped-up patrols.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 1:12 PM | Permalink

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