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 ...

The multi-agency effort included law enforcement from Providence, North Providence, Woonsocket, West Warwick, Pawtucket, Rhode Island State Police and the state attorney general’s office.

The founding of the Rhode Island State Police took place in a time of dramatic societal change with many significant parallels to the technology-driven change of the current era. Twenty-two ...

WARWICK, R.I. (WJAR) — Rhode Island State Police said Monday that remains found last week in Foster were those of a Warwick woman who was reported missing last year. Investigators said Michele ...

[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 ...