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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

CONGRATULATING MICHAEL PALIOTTA ON BEING NAMED POLICE CHIEF OF

CHARLESTOWN, RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Filippi, Kennedy, Azzinaro, Messier, and Canario

     Date Introduced: April 04, 2018

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Michael Paliotta, husband of Heather Paliotta, father of four daughters, and

grandfather of three granddaughters, is a 1990 graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Management. He joined the Charlestown Police Department

in 1992 as a Reserve Officer and was hired full-time in 1993. He completed his training at the

Rhode Island Municipal Police Academy where he earned the rank of class valedictorian, and

served with distinction as a Patrol Officer until 2001, when he was promoted to the rank of

Sergeant. He continued to attend school while serving as a police officer and attained a Master's

degree in Criminal Justice from Boston University in 2014; and

     WHEREAS, Due to Officer Paliotta's tireless work ethic and impeccable integrity, he

steadily rose through the ranks, being promoted to Lieutenant in 2009, where he oversaw the

Patrol Division, before being reassigned in 2012 to serve as Acting Chief after the retirement of

then-Chief Jack Shippee; and

     WHEREAS, In 2012, Michael Paliotta became a key member of newly appointed Chief

Allen's leadership team. Chief Allen praised Mr. Paliotta's dedication and professionalism by

stating that Officer Paliotta "proved to be a welcome resource with a vast knowledge of the town,

budgets and department operations"; and

     WHEREAS, Thanks to the high esteem that Chief Allen and the entire Department had

for his professionalism and vast technical and management skills, Officer Paliotta was chosen to

be the department's first-ever Accreditation Manager in 2013, a move that was vital to the

department acquiring full state accreditation for the first time in 2017. In 2014, Chief Allen also

chose Officer Paliotta to serve as Commander of the Criminal Investigations Division, overseeing

detectives, prosecution and accreditation; and

     WHEREAS, Thanks to his lengthy resume of accomplishments and abiding loyalty to the

Town of Charlestown, Officer Paliotta was selected to be the Chief of the Charlestown Police

Department on March 1, 2018. Chief Paliotta already has plans in motion to make the department

an even better servant of the town's citizenry with plans to revamp the command staff, hire two

additional officers, and upgrade the department's technology proficiency. The citizens of

Charlestown are truly lucky to have a person so universally respected and admired as their new

Police Chief; now, therefore be it

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

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Mr. Michael Paliotta on being named the Police

Chief for the Town of Charlestown on March 1, 2018. We wish him well in all of his new duties

and responsibilities; 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 Michael Paliotta, Police Chief, Town of

Charlestown.

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