Our Mission

The mission of the North Kingstown Police Department is to ensure that police services are delivered in an effective and efficient manner - providing a quality of life for all residents and visitors that is free from the threat or fear of crime impacting their lives. This mission is accomplished by employing contemporary methods and techniques, while remaining ever vigilant of the need to operate with the utmost regard for customer service.

Department Description

The North Kingstown Police Department is staffed by fifty-one sworn officers, including the Chief of Police, and three dispatchers. Support staff includes five clerical, two custodians and one mechanic. Animal Control and Harbormaster staffs include: one Animal Warden, two Assistant Animal Wardens, a Harbormaster and two part-time Assistant Harbormasters. The police department operates from its headquarters building located at 8166 Post Road. The department uses and maintains a fleet of twenty-one vehicles which logs in excess of 500,000 patrol miles each year. Vehicle configuration consists of marked vehicles equipped with moving radar units, as well as unmarked vehicles. There are two vans for use by the Animal Wardens, and a patrol boat for use by the Harbormaster.