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Table of Contents Rhode Island State Police 2014 Annual Report Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell Superintendent Rhode Island State Police Commissioner Rhode Island Department of Public Safety i ii iii iv Table of Contents Superintendent ......................................................................................................................... 2 Professional Standards Unit ............................................................................................ 9 Inspectional Services Unit. ............................................................................................ 12 Patrol Bureau Deputy Superintendent / Chief of Field Operations........................................................ 13 District Commanders ..................................................................................................... 14 Scituate Barracks .......................................................................................................... 15 Lincoln Woods Barracks................................................................................................ 17 Hope Valley Barracks .................................................................................................... 19 Wickford / Portsmouth Barracks........................................................................ ............. 21 Commercial Enforcement Unit ...................................................................................... 23 Operations Officer ......................................................................................................... 25 Night Executive Officers. ............................................................................................... 26 Executive Security......................................................................................................... 27 Detective Bureau Detective Commander .................................................................................................. 28 Financial Crimes Unit .................................................................................................... 30 Fusion Center ............................................................................................................... 31 Narcotics Unit / HIDTA Unit ........................................................................................... 34 Major Crimes / Area Detectives. .................................................................................... 38 Computer Crimes / ICAC Unit ....................................................................................... 41 Intelligence Unit ............................................................................................................ 44 Violent Fugitive Task Force ........................................................................................... 46 Auto Theft and Insurance Fraud Unit............................................................................. 49 Criminal Identification Unit ............................................................................................. 51 Property Control Officer ................................................................................................ 52 Charitable Gaming Unit ................................................................................................. 53 Gaming Enforcement Unit ............................................................................................. 54 Administrative Services Chief Administrative Officer ........................................................................................... 57 Planning, Research and Accreditation Unit ................................................................... 58 Uniform Crime Reports Unit .......................................................................................... 61 Training Academy ......................................................................................................... 62 Technology and Communication Services Unit ............................................................. 63 Radio Services .............................................................................................................. 64 Management Information Systems ................................................................................ 65 RILETS / NCIC Control Section..................................................................................... 66 Technical Services Unit ................................................................................................. 68 Fleet Officer / Supply Unit ............................................................................................. 70 Special Operations Canine Unit ................................................................................................................... 71 Marine Unit / Dive Team................................................................................................ 74 Honor Guard Unit. ......................................................................................................... 75 Motorcycle Unit. ............................................................................................................ 76 Tactical Team ............................................................................................................... 77 Collision Reconstruction Unit ........................................................................................ 78 Statistics ....................................................................................................................... 79 v Rhode Island State Police MISSION STATEMENT The Rhode Island State Police is a full service, statewide law enforcement agency whose mission is to fulfill the law enforcement needs of the people with the highest degree of fairness, professionalism, integrity, and protect the inherent rights of the people to live their lives in freedom and safety. To this end, Division employees shall perform their respective patrol, investigative and support functions to the best of their ability, and cooperate with other State agencies, as well as with local and Federal authorities. DIVISION CREED “You are always to remember that you are in the Rhode Island State Police and In the Service of the State. It is a call of honor. It requires unselfish devotion to duty, the highest type of honesty and downright courage.” 2014 Annual Report Page 1 Superintendent Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell Executive Assistant: Ms. Barbara Laird Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell is the twelfth Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and was sworn in on May 9, 2011. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of New Haven and a Master of Science Degree in Administration of Justice from Salve Regina University. He is also a graduate of the 211th Session of the FBI National Academy and the FBI National Executive Institute in Quantico, Virginia. Also, attended CIA threat assessment, the Army War College School and two week Command College at University of Massachusetts Lowell. As Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police, Colonel O’Donnell serves as the commanding officer of the Division and is accountable for staffing the Patrol, Detective, Administrative, and Public Safety Bureaus, to include the State and Municipal Police Training Academies. The mission of Patrol and Detective Bureaus is to promote highway safety, maintenance of order, prevention and detection of crime and the apprehension of violators. The Superintendent is also responsible for ensuring the control of traffic, maintaining safety enforcement on the State's highways and the development and enforcement of all policies and regulations for the Division. The Superintendent must ensure structure, discipline, efficiency and morale within the Division, along with establishing goals, direction, and priorities. The Superintendent also serves as Commissioner of the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety. The agencies that are under the Department are: E-911 Public Safety Answering Point, State Fire Marshals’ Office, the Public Safety Grants Administration Office, the Rhode Island Municipal Police Training Academy, the State Sheriffs’ Department, the Rhode Island Capitol Police, the Legal Office, and the Central Management Office. During the past year, the Superintendent served on the following: The Grants Administration Office Policy Board and Criminal Justice Steering Committee; the Rhode Island Crime Lab Commission; the Rhode Island Medical Examiner's Commission; the Criminal Justice Oversight Committee; the International Association of Chiefs of Police/State and Provincial Division, New England State Police Administrators Conference (Chair); New England State Police Information Network Board of Directors (Chair); Rhode Island Police Chiefs’ Association, High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Executive Board, the Police Officers’ Commission on Standards and Training, Joint Behavioral Health and Firearms Safety Task Force to Review and Make Recommendations for Statutes Relating to Firearms and Behavioral Health Issues, Rhode Island Mothers Against Drunk Driving (Chair), Board of the Institute for the Study and Practice of Non- Violence, Legislative Commission to Undertake a Comprehensive Study of Sex Offender Registration and Notification Legislation in the State of Rhode Island, Biased Based Policing Committee, Racial Profiling Committee, Senate Committee on Consolidated Services, Senate Committee on Custodial Interrogations, and the Providence Police Advisory Board. 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