Rhode Island State Police
| Rhode Island State Police | |
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| Abbreviation | RISP |
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| Motto | "In the Service of the State" |
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| Formed | April 2, 1925 |
| Employees | 305 (as of 2016) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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| Operations jurisdiction* | State of Rhode Island, USA |
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| Size | 1,545 square miles (4,000 km2) |
| Population | 1,057,832 (2007 est.) |
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| Headquarters | North Scituate, Rhode Island |
| Troopers | 265 (as of 2016) |
| Civilians | 50 (as of 2016) |
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| Parent agency | Rhode Island Department of Public Safety |
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| Barracks | 4 |
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| www.risp.ri.gov | |
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Rhode Island State Police (RISP) is an agency of the state of Rhode Island responsible for statewide law enforcement and regulation, especially in areas underserved by local police agencies and on the state's limited-access highways. Its headquarters is in North Scituate, Rhode Island (a village of Scituate).
The RISP was founded in 1925 at the request of the state's General Assembly, and was modeled on the organisation structure of the Pennsylvania State Police. Its first headquarters was in the Benefit Street Marine Corps Armory in Providence, which stationed the first twenty-three troopers and the Superintendent. At this stage, the division relied heavily on Indian motorcycles to perform their wide-ranging dupatrol ties.
In 1936, the RISP acquired the so-called Coggeshall property in North Scituate. Consisting of approximately 145 acres of land and many outbuildings, the centerpiece of the property and new headquarters building was the Coggeshall Mansion, built in the late 1800s. The mansion and outbuildings are still in use by the RISP.
During this time, the division organized itself into three patrol districts comprising the northern, southern, and "island" parts of the state. As the twentieth century progressed, the RISP enlarged and modified itself, establishing new barracks and instituting new programs to further meet its statewide policing mandate.
Currently the RISP is composed of two districts, District "A" which covers the northern half of the state and District "B" which covers the southern half of the state. There are five patrol commands, referred to as barracks, located in:
The RISP fields an additional patrol command at the TF Green Airport in Warwick.
Construction of the Rhode Island State Police Headquarters was completed in 2010 in North Scituate on the same property where the Administrative Services building once stood. The building serves as a Public Safety Complex and houses the RISP Patrol Bureau, Detective Bureau, Administrative Bureau, and many other specialized units. It also houses the E 9-1-1 Uniform Emergency Telephone System. The outer buildings and Coggeshall Mansion house administrative and logistical support units and are located on the same grounds as the headquarters building. Also on the grounds of the Public Safety Complex in North Scituate is the RISP Museum, which is open to the public.
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