Providence Police Department Adds New Major Position

(Providence, RI) -- Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza says a new position is being added in the city police department. Elorza says the addition of the community relations and diversion services major will bring community voices to the highest levels of leadership within the Providence PD. Among the roles of the major will be to reduce responses to police calls through intervention methods from mental health services or other support networks.

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