JPD History

The photographs below were contributed by the Jamestown Historical Society.  

Police Chief Charles Hull, with wife and daughter Mabel (1920's)

Opening day of the Jamestown Bridge. Police Chief Chester Greene off of road on the right, Special Officer E. Vieira on right side of road, and 25 State Troopers on left side of road. (August 1940)

Police Chief Chester Greene in front of Pitcher's at East Ferry (Date Unknown)

New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, 34 Narragansett Avenue. Sarah Jane (Jennie) Clarke with Jamestown Police Officer "Rudolph". (Date unknown)

Welder making repairs to Jamestown Bridge with unknown Jamestown Police Officer working traffic detail in   background. (Date unknown)

New detective car added to JPD fleet. From left to right: former Police Chief James Pemantell, James Gavin of the former Newport County Law Enforcement Assistance Commission, and an unknown car salesman.

Jamestown Police Department - 1965.

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