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Providence officials rush to install automatic license plate readers as privacy backlash builds
May 24, 2022
Providence Police to install License Plate Readers without public or legislative input
There are major privacy concerns with the use of LPRs, noted the ACLU in a letter to...
April 1, 2022
Law Enforcement Officer’s Bill of Rights prevents Mayor and Commissioner from speaking on officer who beat and spit on juvenile
“Obviously the LEOBoR restricts us from publicly commenting on any particular case,” continued the Commissioner. “If any...
February 16, 2022
Criminal defense association: Comments by mayor and police commissioner a direct attack on the Constitution
“Executive leaders, especially those with a background in the law like Mayor Elorza, should refrain from attacking...
October 25, 2021
Hiring committee member breaks silence on Michael Stephens as PVD Police Major
“The number one person was a unanimous vote of everyone in the room, an active Providence police...
October 21, 2021
City officials surprised as unhoused encampment on Wilson St is half bulldozed by developer Knight & Swan
“Should the city be dealing with a developer that bulldozes homeless encampments?”...
September 16, 2021
Sayles St families report ongoing police harassment
Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE) is holding a speak out and march on Thursday, September...
August 11, 2021
PVD City Council battles the self-created perception that the City isn’t safe
Overall, crime is down in Providence, but you might not know that given the things said during...
July 4, 2021
In response to Sayles Street incident, activists rally in the rain to defund police, remove SROs, repeal LEOBoR, and more
“I don’t see what road we take to make [the police] change,” said Justice Ameer Gaines, the...
July 3, 2021
PVD city officials comment of Sayles Street incident
“…any officer or anyone on the scene who acted inappropriate, who was unprofessional, or did not comply...
July 1, 2021
Parents hold press conference after police beat, pepper spray and arrest their children
“They had us in the back of a van for almost an hour,” said Zyrray. The temperature...
July 1, 2021
Providence Police officers pepper sprayed and beat our children, say Moms
UpriseRI spoke with four mothers, Taffii Moore, Nicole Blakely, Alynzea Quaranta and Kayla Lopes, whose children were...
June 17, 2021
ACLU: Providence Police acted on “dubious” grounds in attempt to oust unhoused encampment
In short, the notice was missing the most rudimentary elements of due process. It was eviction by...
June 10, 2021
Given 48 hours to vacate, unhoused encampment in PVD holds press conference
“I don’t understand how we’re being evicted when no criminal charges [have been made] by the owner,”...
May 4, 2021
PVD Mayor’s African American Ambassadors Group supports full repeal of LEOBoR
“Anything short of a full repeal is unacceptable. The time is now for a full repeal, explicitly...
April 13, 2021
Elorza releases report on public safety in Providence – community leaders push for action
“Many of the arrests created by the Providence Police Department are understood to be state mandated arrests...
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