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Command Staff Roll Call328 ½ Cherry Hill Road, Johnston, RI Johnston, RI (401) 231-7110 for the donation of the Command Staff portraits
Division/Bureau Commanders
The Investigative Division is the second largest Division within the Johnston Police Department. The Division has the responsibility of investigating all criminal activity that occurs within our borders. This Division is comprised of the Detective Bureau, the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Prosecution Bureau, the Juvenile Bureau and the Narcotics Bureau. The Division Commander is a Major who is responsible for the operations of each of the respective Bureaus. A Lieutenant is also assigned to the Division as the Assistant Commander who shares the supervisory duties and who assumes many of the responsibilities of the commander during his absence.
The Uniform Division is the largest division within the Police Department and is the most visible. The Uniform Division is comprised of the Patrol Bureau, Traffic Bureau, and Special Services Bureau, which contains the Community Policing, Communications, and Animal Control Divisions. A Major serves as the Division Commander and works closely with all bureau commanders.
The Operations and Training Division is comprised of one (1) Captain and one (1) Sergeant, along with five (5) civilian clerks. The division includes data and document processing, records keeping, budgeting, finance, planning and research, purchasing, grant management, policy development, training, recruiting, along with all additional personnel and headquarter operational matters.
This Commander is in charge of the Traffic and Special Services Bureau. Contained in the Special Services Bureau is the Elderly Affairs officer, Animal Control officer, Sex Offender Community Notification Officer and the Community Policing Unit, which contains both School Resource Officers. It addition to this Captain’s duties, he is also the Departments’ Internal Affairs Commander.
The Night Watch Commander serves as Assistant Patrol Division Commander in the Patrol Commander’s absence. This commander is responsible for Patrol Operations during the evening hours. History of the Department
 This impressive-looking gentleman was Hiram Kimball, who became Police Chief in 1898 and remained in that post until 1934, when Republicans were voted out of office. Hiram and his son, Hiram Jr., were basically the entire police force. In the early years he used a horse-drawn buggy in his police work, but in the late 1920s he used a Harley Davidson. In 1933 a new REO Flying Cloud was purchased.
 Peter Smith, an accomplished artist, made this drawing of Chester Colwell, who succeeded Hiram Kimball as police chief in 1934 and served until his death in 1959. Colwell, born in Johnston, was originally a farmer and butcher. Smith worked from his home at 167 Morgan Avenue as a freelance artist for Paramount Line.  Chief Chester Colwell stands out from this group of police officers because of his impressive physical stature in this 1930s scene. Colwell was a controversial figure but was very popular with the voters. The others are, from left to right, Tom Kennedy, Anthony "Dep" Rainone, Jack Whalen, Colwell Alfred Clapham and Peter Jaswell. They constituted the Police force at that time.
  At a May 10, 1959 testimonial at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet, the elite of the Johnston Police Department were gathered. From left to right are Lt. Vincent Acciardo (chief in 1965 and 1966), Chief Anthony Rainone (chief from 1959 to 1965) Lt. Joseph Fleury, Deputy Chief Howard Heywood, Sgt. Angelo Riccitelli, and Capt. Joseph Rossi.  Three of Johnston's finest pose with the squad car about 1936. In the center is Tom Kennedy and on the right is Peter Jaswell, who was the firearms instructor for the department. The car appears to be a 1932 or 1933 Ford.
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