Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez made history in February when he became the first person of color to be named the head of the police department. Chief Perez sat down with political reporter Ian Donnis to discuss his three-decade career in Providence, and his plans for making the city safer. And: a new Spanish-language health website aims to dispel the rampant misinformation and conspiracy theories that flooded the Latino community at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Plus: Roz Raskin of Nova One talks about self-healing, the Providence music scene, and their latest album.
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