2018 -- H 7693

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

RECOGNIZING AND HONORING CHARLESTOWN POLICE CHIEF JEFFREY ALLEN ON

THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER THIRTY-TWO YEARS OF DEDICATED

AND DEVOTED PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN,

CHARLESTOWN, AND THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Filippi, Craven, McEntee, Price, and Fogarty

     Date Introduced: February 27, 2018

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Charlestown Police Chief Jeffrey Allen began his distinguished police

career at the age of twenty-four when he joined the South Kingstown Police Department in 1986,

after graduating from Salve Regina University. He served the South Kingstown Police

Department with distinction for twenty-six years working a wide range of criminal cases

including homicide and major drug cases, and thanks to his tireless work ethic, strong leadership

skills and unshakeable integrity, Chief Allen rose through the ranks, serving five years as a

Patrolman, nearly a decade as a Detective, and four years as a Sergeant before eventually rising to

the rank of Captain and serving as a Commander for seven years, where he oversaw the South

Kingstown Police Department’s patrol operations; and

     WHEREAS, In September of 2012, Chief Allen was the unanimous selection of a three-

chief committee to be the next Police Chief of the Town of Charlestown. He was chosen over

more than fifty other applicants. Under Chief Allen’s s guidance and leadership, the Charlestown

Police Department went through a rigorous three-year accreditation process beginning in 2014

that resulted in full accreditation from the Rhode Island Police Accreditation Commission last

Spring; and

     WHEREAS, Another focal point of Chief Allen’s tenure was his strong desire to

establish a better working relationship between the Charlestown Police Department and the

Narragansett Tribal Police. Thanks in large part to the hard work put in by Chief Allen and his

ability to work and communicate well with others, today the Charlestown Police Department has

the best relationship it has had in many years with the Narragansett Tribal Police; and

     WHEREAS, Chief Allen is a man of good character, impeccable integrity, and eminent

fairness. His contributions to the Charlestown Police Department and the Town of Charlestown

are immense and he will be sorely missed by those with whom he has served, by local elected

officials, and by the citizens he served so well; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby recognizes and thanks Charlestown Police Chief Jeffrey Allen on

his retirement after thirty-two years of exemplary public safety service to the citizens of South

Kingstown, Charlestown, and Rhode Island; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Charlestown Police Chief Jeffrey Allen.

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