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May 5, 2008

Funding will help establish community policing program

Police departments are about to get some support from the federal government and local schools and universities for community policing programs.

The Rhode Island Municipal Police Academy is getting a $188,000 boost to establish a Center for Community Policing & Cultural Diversity to be run in conjunction with the University of Rhode Island and the Community College of Rhode Island.

The program will focus on training officers for community policing, especially in diverse settings. Some of the money will also be used for retraining officers who are returning from military deployment.

Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy will present the academy with a check today at 10 a.m. at the CCRI Flanagan Campus in Lincoln.

Kennedy, who helped secured the funding, will be joined by Chief Anthony Silva, the academy’s director, and Chief George Kelley of the Pawtucket Police Department, who will represent the Police Officers Commission on Standards and Training. Attorney General Patrick Lynch, Gov. Carcieri and Roger Williams University President Roy Nirschel are among the invited guests.

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 10:00 AM | Permalink

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