The former police chief in Providence has landed a federal law enforcement job. Hugh Clements will be the director for the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the U.S. Department of Justice. He announced last month he was stepping down after a forty-year career as a Providence cop, including the last decade as chief.
“The Department’s COPS Office is central to our efforts to strengthen the public trust between communities and law enforcement that is essential to public safety, and I am pleased to announce that Chief Hugh Clements, a nearly 40-year veteran of the Providence Police Department, will be serving as its next Director,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “I am confident that Chief Clements’s leadership will further enable the COPS Office to continue its important work to keep our communities safe and build trust and mutual respect between police and communities, and I look forward to working alongside him. I am deeply grateful to Rob Chapman for his leadership as Acting COPS Director, his contributions to community policing, and his continued service to the Justice Department.”
The search for a new chief is ongoing.
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