List of law enforcement agencies in Rhode Island

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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 Department of Corrections
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
- Division of Law Enforcement
Rhode Island Department of Public Safety
- Rhode Island State Police
- Rhode Island Capitol Police
- Division of Sheriffs
- Office of the State Fire Marshal
Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General
- Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation

Municipal agencies

Barrington Police Department^[2]
Bristol Police Department^[3]
Burrillive Police Department
Central Falls Police Department
Charlestown Police Department
Coventry Police Department
Cranston Police Department
Cumberland Police Department
East Greenwich Police Department
East Providence 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
Newport Police Department
New Shoreham Police Department
North Kingstown Police Department
North Providence Police Department
North Smithfield Police Department
Pawtucket Police Department
Portsmouth Police Department

Providence Police Department
Richmond Police Department
Scituate Police Department
Smithfield Police Department
South Kingstown Police Department
Tiverton Police Department
Warren Police Department
Warwick Police Department
West Greenwich Police Department
West Warwick Police Department
Westerly Police Department^[2]
Woonsocket Police Department

College and university agencies

Brown University Department of Public Safety
Bryant University Department of Public Safety
Community College of Rhode Island Police Department
Providence College Office of Public Safety
Rhode Island College Campus Police Department^[4]
University of Rhode Island Police Department

Other agencies

Narragansett Indian Tribe Environmental Police Department
Narragansett Tribal Police Department^[2]
Rhode Island Airport Police

References

^ 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
^ ^a ^b ^c Official web site accessed 6 January 2015
^ Towne, Shaun (6 April 2015). "Former Bristol cop charged with breaking into home, stealing pills". WPRI. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
^ Fernandez, Manny. "After Walter Scott Shooting, Scrutiny Turns to 2nd Officer". New York Times. No. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.