Page 12 - 2020 A Year in Review

The Cranston Police

Department Uniform

Division is the largest

division in the department

staffed by seventy-eight

officers. The Uniform

Division is generally

recognized as the face of

the Cranston Police

Department as the officers in this division are the first responders that the public sees

when they call for police services. The Division is comprised of three shifts that are

managed by two captains, four lieutenants, twelve sergeants, and sixty-two patrol

officers. The Uniform Division is supported by the Traffic Unit, K-9 Unit, School

Resource Officer Unit, Animal Control Unit and the Communications Division. The

Uniform Division is responsible for patrolling twenty-eight square miles and protecting

the eighty-one thousand residents of the city.

2020 began as many of the past years did for the Uniform Division, answering over

seven thousand calls per month. Then the Covid 19 pandemic hit in March, causing a

lock down on travel. The lockdown caused our calls for service to be reduced to just

over four thousand calls for service per month for the months of April, May, and June.

Call numbers increased over the last six months of the year, reaching near normal

levels. Overall, calls for service for 2020 were reduced by 18% over 2019. Naturally,

the reduced number of calls for service impacted many of the daily activities for our

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Cranston Police Department Year in Review 2020