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installs 10-15 car seats, on average, per week, as a free public service to the citizens of

the City of Cranston and surrounding communities.

C.A.R.E.

In addition to the “Blue Riptide” Program, the City of Cranston has its version of

targeted traffic enforcement with the “C.A.R.E.” Program. C.A.R.E. stands for

Cranston Accident Reduction and Enforcement program. Like the “Blue Riptide”

Speed Enforcement Program, this program was re-implemented in 2015 to specifically

target traffic violations through concentrated enforcement in statistically determining

problem areas throughout the city. The Traffic Division Sergeant's responsibility is to

remain up to date regarding the constantly changing problem areas in the city and the

assigned-desired regions of traffic enforcement for the C.A.R.E. details weekly.

# of Traffic Stops # of Violations
(including
overnight parking)

2016 2407 2462

2017 2185 2139

2018 1729 1749

2019 1123 1096

2020 610 604

2021 301 2247

In 2021 there was a renewed focus on enforcing overnight parking, which reduces the

amount of minor side swipe hit and run accidents that are only discovered the

following day, well after the fact. An overnight parking violation was not counted as a

contact / Traffic Stop.

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Cranston Police Department Year in Review 2021