Welcome to the official North Kingstown Police Department (NKPD) page. Do not report emergencies on this page. The North Kingstown Police Department is currently staffed by fifty-seven sworn personnel: fifty-one officers of various rank and the Chief of Police. Our police patrols are divided into four squads of six patrol officers and two supervisors, consisting of a Sergeant and Lieutena
nt. The patrol officers work one of two 12-hour shifts, starting at 7AM to 7PM or 7PM to 7AM. Two squads are assigned to each shift, providing 24 hour 7 days a week of coverage to the Town of North Kingstown. Additionally, one patrol officer is assigned as a School Resource Officer to the North Kingstown High School. Remaining police personnel are assigned to administrative positions which include the Administrative Captain who is in charge of the Administrative and Internal Affairs Division. The Detective Division consists of 9 detectives including the Detective Captain. The prosecution office is staffed by a Detective Sergeant and a civilian secretary. Civilian support staff includes three secretaries, one clerk, one custodian and two mechanics. Animal Control and Harbormaster staff include: one Animal Warden, one assistant Animal Warden, a full-time Harbormaster and two part-time Assistant Harbormasters. The Police Department operates from the police and fire headquarters building located at 8166 Post Road; the
the Harbormaster maintains a patrol boat berthed at the Town Dock located at the end of Main Street with an office located at police headquarters. GENERAL INFORMATION
The North Kingstown Police Department page was created for people to to access information about the Department, and to facilitate the exchange of information with the public at large. To promote such exchange the Department encourages and welcomes comments from the general public about issues related to law enforcement in North Kingstown. With that said, however, please note that this is neither a public forum nor a means to report a crime. The North Kingstown Police Department is responsible for monitoring all postings to its page and make take appropriate action whenever necessary, and at its sole discretion, to protect other visitors to the page from inappropriate or otherwise harmful information and links. The Department reserves the right to regulate the content of, and where necessary delete completely, any objectionable entry that appears on its page. Comments that are threatening in nature will be reported. The North Kingstown Police reserves the right to remove and/or block anyone as determined by the administrator of the page. To that end, the North Kingstown Police will remove as soon as feasible any posting that involves:
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