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• 3 Motor vehicle accidents
• 20 Deaths

Additional activities in the year 2020 by the BCI Unit included:

• 435 pieces of narcotics were stored in the BCI drug room) arrangements
are being made to destroy these drugs).
• 2 vehicles were processed. Fingerprints were developed on 1 of those
vehicles. Blood evidence was obtained from 1 of those vehicles.
• 44 pieces of evidence were processed for latent prints. Latent prints were
developed on 6 of those pieces of evidence.
• Eighteen firearms were processed.
• 5 bullets and casings were sent to the R.I. State Crime lab for NIBIN entry.
No NIBIN hits were obtained of those submitted as of yet.
• $8,907.66 in currency was seized and submitted into the Currency Room.
Approximately $8600.00 was turned into the state as unclaimed property.
• $6,330.00 in counterfeit money was seized and stored in the currency room.
• 12 pieces of DNA evidence was submitted to the R.I. Health Dept. for
testing.
• 10 Cell phones were forensically examined.
• 868 Prosecution requests were handled.
• 200 cases involving narcotics were submitted to the Rhode Island DOH for
testing.
• 179 Sex Offenders were registered
• 5 Autopsies attended.
• 811 appointments for civilian fingerprints were scheduled of which 637
civilians were fingerprinted. Due to loss of personnel in the unit, the number of
appointments per day was dropped.
• 110 Background checks were conducted. 354 incidences of drugs seizures
were stored in the BCI drug room and 310 of those drugs were destroyed.

PROSECUTION UNIT

The Prosecution Unit is currently staffed by three detectives who hold the title of
Inspector and are responsible for all adult and juvenile prosecution duties. The
inspectors are supported by two full time civilian administrative assistants.
Members of this unit are tasked with preparing all adult arrests for prosecution in
both the District and Superior Courts, as well as all juvenile prosecutions in Family
Court. The necessary paperwork resulting from an arrest made by the patrol
division, which must be submitted to the Attorney General and/or the City
Solicitor’s Office for prosecution, is prepared and presented by the Prosecution
Unit.

www.cranstonpoliceri.gov