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community outreach efforts and increase the size of the unit to three full-time sworn

members and a temporary officer bidded for 6 months. In addition to this increase in

staffing, the chief assigned all special projects to fall under this newly sized unit.

Personnel

The Office of Community Outreach is currently under the

command of Captain Justin Dutra, a twenty-five-year

veteran of law enforcement and a twenty-two-year member

of the Cranston Police Department. He has been assigned

to the OCO since January of 2022. The unit is supported

by Sergeant Gregg Weller who serves as the permeant

Community Outreach sergeant along with Officer Thomas

Okolowitcz. Both Sergeant Weller and Officer Okolowitcz are seasoned veterans of the

department and have served in many different units within the police department.

They were supplemented by Officer Jose Afonso on a six-month temporary bid in the

beginning half of the year.

The Office of Community Outreach in 2022

A Summary of Efforts:

The mission of the Cranston Police

Department is to establish and maintain a

proactive partnership with our residents and

business owners and genuinely work

together to solve problems facing our

community. This mission can only be

achieved by fostering collaborative

relationships between our agency and the individuals, groups and organizations in our

community that serve to develop the initiatives and solutions to the problems facing

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Cranston Police Department Year in Review 2022