In October, a Newport County jury found that former Jamestown Police Det. Derek Carlino was negligent in his involvement in the death by suicide of a teenager. But it won’t end Carlino’s career in policing. A report commissioned by the Portsmouth School Department found Carlino had worked with a football coach to pressure fifteen-year-old Nathan […]
Sid Wordell
Posted inCriminal Justice, Local, Politics
Why is Rhode Island the last state in the nation to embrace police reforms to prevent ‘wandering officers’?
More than two decades ago, a high-profile government study recommended that Rhode Island strengthen the power of the commission that oversees most police officers in the state. Today, despite repeated efforts in the state legislature, that commission still lacks the ability to strip police training certifications when officers violate certain rules, leaving Rhode Island as […]
