Rhode Island

The Rhode Island Brady List includes all known issues of police misconduct, do not call status, decertification, public complaints, use-of-force reports, and citizen reports.

Rhode Island is not in compliance with the nationwide, public-facing, platform of record: The Brady List; or:

Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS] Brady doctrine (1963);
US Freedom of Information Act (1967);
State Sunshine Law (see, below);
Open Government Act (2007);
Open Government Initiative (2009); and,
Open Government Directives (2009) issued by the United States Department of Justice.

Search Organizations

There are currently 66 organizations listed on the Rhode Island Brady List, including: Law Enforcement Organizations [LEOrgs], Prosecutor Offices, and State Peace Officer Standards & Training [POST] departments.

North Providence Police Department

North Smithfield Police Department

Office of the United States Marshal for the District of Rhode Island

Pawtucket Police Department

Portsmouth Police Department

Providence College Office of Public Safety

Providence County District Attorney

Providence Police Department

Rhode Island Airport Police

Rhode Island Airport Police Department

Contact Information

Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act

R.I. Gen. Laws §§38-2-1

The Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act, first enacted in 1979, is a law that guarantees access to public records of government bodies at all levels in Rhode Island. The act is defined in Chapter 38.2 of the Rhode Island General Laws and has been significantly revised in 1991, 1998 and 2008. Public records are all documents, no matter their physical form that are “made or received pursuant to law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business by any agency.”

Anyone can request public records, and no statement of purpose is required. According to the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act §38-2-6, it is illegal to use information obtained from public records to "solicit for commercial purposes, or to obtain a commercial advantage over the party furnishing that information to the public body." Rhode Island law allows 10 days for a public body to deny a request. If the agency does not respond within 10 days, it is deemed a denial.

We the People

We the People have a Right to Know according to the Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS], past Presidents (of both major political parties), Congress, and the United States Department of Justice. As an expression of that Right to Know, we have coordinated valuable information from a number of resources into a single, public-facing, searchable database.

Peace Officer Standards & Training [POST] Departments

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Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act

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