List of law enforcement agencies in Rhode Island

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 48 law enforcement agencies employing 2,828 sworn police officers, about 268 for each 100,000 residents.^[1]

State agencies

• Rhode Island Airport Police
• Rhode Island Capitol Police
• Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
• Rhode Island State Fire Marshal's Office (Investigators and Bomb Technicians)
• Rhode Island State Police

City agencies

Central Falls Police Department Cranston Police Department East Providence Police Department

Newport Police Department Pawtucket Police Department Providence Police Department

Warwick Police Department Woonsocket Police Department [2]

Town agencies

Barrington Police Department [3] Bristol Police Department [4] Burrillive Police Department Charlestown Police Department Coventry Police Department Cumberland Police Department East Greenwich Police Department Foster Police Department Glocester Police Department Hopkinton Police Department

Jamestown Police Department Johnston Police Department Lincoln Police Department Little Compton Police Department Middletown Police Department Narragansett Police Department New Shoreham Police Department North Kingstown Police Department North Providence Police Department North Smithfield Police Department

Portsmouth Police Department Richmond Police Department Scituate Police Department Smithfield Police Department South Kingstown Police Department Tiverton Police Department Warren Police Department West Greenwich Police Department West Warwick Police Department Westerly Police Department [5]

College and university agencies

• Brown University Department of Public Safety
• Community College of Rhode Island Police Department
• Rhode Island College Police Department ^[6]
• University of Rhode Island Police Department

Other agencies

• Narragansett Indian Tribal Police ^[7]
• Office of the United States Marshal for the District of Rhode Island
• Rhode Island Airport Police Department
• Department of Defense Police (Naval Station Newport, Newport,RI)

References

1. 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, by Brian A Reaves, US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2011
2. "Former Woonsocket cop charged with child molestation". ABC 6. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
3. Official web site accessed 6 January 2015
4. Towne, Shaun (6 April 2015). "Former Bristol cop charged with breaking into home, stealing pills". WPRI. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
5. Official web site accessed 6 January 2015
6. Fernandez, Manny. "After Walter Scott Shooting, Scrutiny Turns to 2nd Officer" (18 April 2015). New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
7. Official web site accessed 6 January 2015