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Residents press Woonsocket officials on policing, dispatch response and crime information; city says crime-mapping coming
Summary
Public commenters criticized perceived lack of enforcement, a dispatch response and local disorder; Public Safety Director Eugene Gillette announced upcoming crime-mapping tied to a new records-management system and cited call volume constraints on proactive enforcement.
Several residents used the Sept. 15 Woonsocket City Council meeting to urge stronger policing and to report specific incidents; the public-safety director responded that the police department will roll out online crime mapping and that higher call volumes have reduced proactive enforcement.
Stephen Weber urged the council and mayor to use the police Facebook page more actively and suggested posting offender photos as a deterrent. Weber said social-media updates could “increase public awareness” and help…
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