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Welcome back to everyone that read this blog, haven't written in a while but I'm back now. Last night I started my first class of the Coventry Police Citizen's Class. For the first class we learned about Narcan and then we learned CPR and how to work and AED so now I'm CPR  ceritifed . The class started at 6:30 p.m. and ends at 9:30p.m. Next week for class we get a tour of their police station and some other fun stuff. Stay turned for next weeks blog! Thanks for reading Bethany

During the week 9 of the West Warwick Citizen's Police class we learned about accident reconstruction with Officer  Briand Ketcham  that part was for a half hour. The rest of the class officer Robert Hazard went over DUI's and Officer Clark demonstrated what happens when you have too much to drink. During the class they showed us the arrest package on the paper work that officer's have to fill out when the arrest a person for DUI. The Providence Police brought down their BAT Mobile that the Officer's and other communities use when they are doing RIPTIDE (DUI Patrols) This way they don't have to go back to the station. In the BAT Mobile there are 2 jails cells. We got a tour of this bus during our class. Breathalyzer At scene this is what they read Rights for use at Station where officers have to read. Breathalyzer results Summons Check list. After we toured the BAT Mobile they showed us how they would give some -one a fie

Last night during the West Warwick Citizens Police Class,we learned about the Special Investigations Unit. This unit is made up by 2 guys and they main issue is dealing with drugs. They work with neighboring towns/cities such as East Greenwich, Warwick, Cranston, and Coventry. They help them out with drug investigations. During the class we learned about what the DEA does and advantages of them, different types of drugs and how they affect people that take them. They also shared with us how the special investigation  unit benefits the town of West Warwick. This team does secret work that people don't know about, this was their names aren't out there. They do a great job tracking down and keeping the streets of WW clean. Thanks for reading

On April 9th and 10th the Purple Cat Winery located in Chepachet, RI will host their first annual Spring Festival and Cup Cake Challenge. This event will include many aspects such as live music, food trucks, face -painting, wine tasting, indoor and outdoor vendors, kids bouncy house and local artisans. The event will run from 10am-6pm on both April 9th and 10th. This first annual Spring Festival will be a community event for all ages and this festival is FREE to the public, however to take part in the Cupcake Challenge and earn a chance to vote on your favorite cupcakes, tickets will be limited and have to be purchased in advance for $15. The portions of the proceeds from the Cupcake Challenge will be donated towards the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. According to the owners of the Purple Cat Winery “they are every excited to have another community event after having a four day successful Christmas Village back in December which was attended by ove

On Wednesday during the West Warwick Citizen's Police class we learned about 2 tools that the police officers use. The 2 tools we learned about were OC spray (Pepper spray) and the second was the taser.  Police officers use the pepper spray when subjects are being combative with them or they will use it for large crowds. After it is sprayed the feeling is like eating a hot pepper your eyes start to water and they feel like they are on fire! They also taught us the proper way to spray the paper spray and they showed us a video about pepper spray. Here is the video they showed us on how to pepper spray the proper way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsBeUl7UmxU. The last part of the class was the when we learned  about the Taser. The taser is used by someone getting zapped. The reason why they use the taser is because it helps to control people when they are not following directions.

A few weeks back I came across a post that The Warwick Police had on their FaceBook page about the wonderful K9 program they have that been in place since 2012. Just wanted to thank the team for their hard work! Here is some material the post  mentioned  some of  K-9 Viking and K-9 Fox success so far they have 497 narcotic searches, 53 building searches, 97 human tracks, and 72 demonstrations.   Since the K-9’s have been in place they have had 10 apprehensions and only 3 required a “bite”.   According to the Warwick Police that is a 70% non- injury rate. Awesome Job  K-9 Viking and K-9 Fox have been responsible for seizing more than 150 pounds of marijuana, 34 pounds of heroin, 36 pounds of cocaine, meth, ecstasy, molly and over thousands of illegal prescription pills off the streets.   In drug money they recovered $900k dollars. According to the post from WPD that was written.  K-9 Viking Photo Credit: Bethany Steere Photography  A little bit of information about the WP

Hi All, Well week 3 of the 10 week classes is in the books. During the course on Wednesday night we learned about Criminal Law and the elements of criminal law. In Criminal law there are 2 sources of it which are Statutes, and Common Law. In Rhode Island the Common Law definition is when the Rhode Island Statue doesn't define a crime. For example: the elements of a burglary are found in case law. A Statue can replace or codify the common law. Some law areas we went over were crimes against people, property crimes, crimes against society, and Inchoate Crimes.  Inchoate crimes are conspiracy, solicitation, and attempt. At the end of the class we were showing a video of what cases district court handle. They mostly handle civil disputes,and  small business court. Thanks for reading!

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Hi All, Reading the title you might be wondering what FATS stands for? FATS stands for Firearms Training Simulator.  This is a machine that allows police officer to practice shooting their guns/tasers and is on a flat screen. The Firearms Training Simulator has different  scenarios in which officers have to respond to and make  a split -second decision on which weapon they would use in the scene. On Friday morning I got to try the FATS out as part of the West Warwick Citizens Police Class that I'm taking .This let me see the kind of decisions that police officers have to make every day when they respond to incidents. Here's a video I found that shows people using it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkf3XgS6SA4

Last night week 2 of the West Warwick's Citizen's Police class we went over Use of Force with  Col. Silva. He went over the policy that West Warwick PD go by and when the PD should use force. They showed us some videos to on force that PD use when needed. The next half of them meeting we went over Patrol Operations with  Sgt. Vannini. He explained to us the patrol duties, staffing, how people report incidents, and their beat systems and how it's divided into 5 beats. Then he went over some case scenario's with us. Last but not least we saw how the FATS ( firearms simulator).  We signed up to try it out my day if Friday morning .  Stay Turned for another post about that.  Thanks for reading!

Happy New Year to all of you. Haven't written in a while, now that I'm back I'll share with you what a new experience I started this week. On Wednesday night I had my first West Warwick Citizen's Police Academy class. This class will run for the next 9 weeks and they are going to cover many different  topics. In the past I've taken the Warwick and Cranston's Citizens Police Classes those were a blast! For our first class on  Wednesday  we went over the History of the West Warwick Police and had Introductions with people in the class. I'll update you after next week's class. Next week's session is on the Use of Force.