A bill exempting Rhode Island Capitol Police from the state's seven-day waiting period to buy a "concealable firearm" passed 30-5 on Tuesday in the Rhode Island Senate. The bill's sponsor ...

Officers from several police departments conducted a series of raids at locations across Rhode Island Thursday morning.

The raids early Thursday morning were preceded by investigations that collected cartridge cases at shooting scenes.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – A Providence police investigation led to early morning raids Thursday in locations throughout Rhode ...

(WJAR) — Rhode Island State Police on Tuesday asked for the public’s help while they investigate the death of a Warwick woman whose body was found in Foster. The body of Michele Romano was ...

Rhode Island State Police Centennial Events: When: April 2What: State Police Day.Where: All over Rhode Island When: May 16, 10 a.m.What: A memorial ceremony state troopers who have died ...

1925, April 2: General Assembly passes legislation establishing a Department of State Police, giving Gov. Aram J. Pothier responsibility for selecting the department's superintendent and ...

[since] they already carry firearms." Matthew Sutton is chief of the Rhode Island Capitol Police force, whose 51 officers provide security for 16 state buildings and facilities. A similar bill ...

PROVIDENCE – The first gun bill of the year won the approval of the Rhode Island Senate on Tuesday ... the gun-buying rules that apply to the Capitol Police officers on duty night and day ...