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WLNE's Jim Hummel had the story last night of an officer reassigned to monitoring the metal detector at Providence Police headquarters, reportedly because he was hitting on attractive women during traffic stops. BeloBlog says an internal investigation...
It's not a big surprise that the Providence FOP, as Buddy Cianci reports, is backing Governor Carcieri's executive order on immigration -- in direct contrast to the stance taken by Dean Esserman . For his part, Cianci agrees with those who describe the...
According to audio, via WPRO, from the Providence Police Department's news conference today, Police Chief Dean Esserman says the Providence department won't participate in Governor Carcieri's order calling on local police to work with federal authorities...
For a reminder of how problem-plagued the Providence Police Department used to be, let's recall that the situation was serious enough that the US Department of Justice launched a patterns and practice investigation involving the PPD. While Police Chief...
The street workers associated with the Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence in Providence have been doing important work in reducing violence since they emerged on the scene in 2003, so it was good to hear about their receipt earlier...
In responding to recent criticism from Deb Brayton , Providence Mayor David Cicilline's chief of staff, Channel 6 is inviting Police Chief Dean Esserman to take part in a lengthier discussion of crime statistics in Providence : Dear Ms. Brayton: Thank...
As part of the continuing clash this week between Channel 6 and the City Hall of Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline, WLNE-TV plans to do a story today at 4 and 6, reporting on the letter sent by chief of staff Deb Brayton in response to Jim Hummel's...
Here's the text of a letter sent by City Hall in response to Jim Hummel's Tuesday night report on crime stats in Providence: February 28, 2008 Regent Ducas News Director ABC6 WLNE 10 Orms St . Providence , RI 02904 Dear Mr. Ducas, I am writing with regard...
Last night, Channel 6 featured the second installment of Jim Hummel's look at the Providence Police Department, focusing this time of the salary and benefits of Police Chief Dean Esserman. Co-anchor Allison Alexander, in introducing the piece, said she...
It has become an article of faith for critics of Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline that the Providence Police Department is artificially lowering its crime statistics. Some city councilors have groused about this issue, and WLNE-TV's Jim Hummel last...
As someone who helped chronicle the troubled state of the Providence Police Department during the latter part of Buddy II , I think Dean Esserman has represented a necessary and important fix for a department in need of modernization and greater accountability...
The City of Providence's effort to revoke the $64,000-a-year pension of former police chief Urbano Prignano Jr. is among the topics slated for tomorrow's meeting of the Providence Retirement Board. Also slated for consideration are the retirement benefits...
Last week in the Phoenix, Mary Ann Sorrentino wrote that police cheaters don't deserve pensions : The Providence Journal quoted Police Chief Dean Esserman as asking the Retirement Board to “do justice” by revoking Prignano’s pension. The story did not...
As previously reported in the Phoenix, joint patrols between Providence police and the state police are one part of what has helped to reduce violent crime in Rhode Island's capital city. Governor Carcieri, Mayor Cicilline, and Colonels Doherty and Esserman...
A little more than a week ago, Providence had recorded two homicides this year. Now, that number has doubled, to four. The way in which the body count can suddenly rise explains why some observers, as I wrote last week , remain guarded in discussing Providence...
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