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o Alcohol Compliance Checks: 14 Completed/4 Warnings given

o Tobacco Compliance Checks: 19 Completed/5 Citations given

The Bureau of Criminal Identification (BCI) is tasked

with processing all crime scenes and seizing, cataloging,

and storing all evidence obtained. Member also process

all evidence seized at a crime scene, including

fingerprints, blood, or DNA evidence, and any other

evidence that may be present. The BCI Unit works closely with the Rhode Island State

Crime Lab, the Medical Examiner’s Office, and the FBI Crime Lab at Quantico to

support processing evidence.

In addition to collecting,

processing, and storing

evidence, members of the

BCI unit carry out many

other duties. Those tasks

include but are not limited

to conducting fingerprint

processing for childcare

workers, teachers, school bus drivers, and anyone else deemed by law to require

fingerprinting as a condition of employment. They are also responsible for: destroying

all evidence that cannot be returned to its owner or is no longer needed for

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Cranston Police Department Year in Review 2021