On its 100th anniversary, Rhode Island's state police force looks to the future in a 2020s era that shares some similarities with the 1920s.

12 News reporter Kim Kalunian talks to Globe RI reporter Christopher Gavin on 12 News at 4. The U.S. Attorney alleges the man ...

The Burrillville Police Department have charged a driver involved in a serious rollover crash in town last week.

Those 90 collisions between deer and motor vehicles represent nearly 18% of the 506 motor-vehicle crashes that Tiverton ...

To be sure, cars were not as easily acquired as iPhones ... Such was the backdrop for the founding of the Rhode Island State Police in 1925. One hundred years later, in April 2025, an ...

1925, April 2: General Assembly passes legislation establishing a Department of State Police ... Kittens resort on Block Island. 1929: State legislators require state police to inspect the ...

The remains of 56-year-old Michele Romano were found last month in a wooded area off Plainfield Pike in Foster.

The Rhode Island Department of State Police was established in 1925 under Gov. Aram J. Pothier. The department has been recognized nationally for its traffic law enforcement and overall efficiency.

The Rhode Island State Police caught the most three-digit speeders. State police records show troopers issued 233 tickets citing drivers for speeds of 100 mph or faster, according to Lt.

At the same time, the state Department of Environmental Management is trying to expand a program that helped reduce collisions between deer and cars in one Rhode Island town. Last year ...