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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 PROVIDENCE POLICE CHIEF, COLONEL HUGH T.

CLEMENTS, ON HIS INDUCTION INTO THE CLASS OF 2018 "RHODE ISLAND

CRIMINAL JUSTICE HALL OF FAME"

     Introduced By: Representatives Giarrusso, Mattiello, Almeida, Hull, and Jacquard

     Date Introduced: June 20, 2018

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Criminal Justice Hall of Fame was established in 2012 by

Attorney General Peter Kilmartin to recognize "trailblazers, leaders, and role models" who have

made significant contributions to improving Rhode Island's criminal justice system. One of the

2018 recipients of this prestigious honor is Providence Police Chief, Colonel Hugh Clements; and

     WHEREAS, On May 5th of 1985, Hugh Clements was appointed to the Providence

Police Department as a night Patrol Officer. Before long, he was transferred to the department's

vice and drug unit, known as the Special Investigations Bureau. In 1990, Officer Clements was

once again promoted, becoming a detective working on the night squad, and in 1992, he was

given the rank of Sergeant in Sub-District 1 in South Providence; and

     WHEREAS, Demonstrating diligence and innate capabilities, Sergeant Clements

achieved the rank of Lieutenant in 2002, and transferred to the midnight shift of the Patrol

Bureau. He was later assigned as District Commander overseeing various neighborhoods in the

City; and

     WHEREAS, In December of 2005, Lieutenant Clements was promoted to Captain, where

he was responsible for all major crimes operations in the Investigative Division. In 2008, he was

promoted to Major, and subsequently served as Deputy Chief before being appointed Acting

Chief, and on January 6, 2012, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel becoming the 37th Chief

of the Providence Police Department; and

     WHEREAS, Throughout his tenure with the Providence Police Department, Colonel

Clements has played an active role in myriad major investigations and has consistently exhibited

commitment to upholding the law and protecting the community. He is a person eminently

worthy of this illustrious honor, as well as deserving of our utmost admiration and gratitude; now,

therefore be it

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

Providence Plantations hereby recognizes and congratulates Colonel Hugh Clements on being

inducted in to the 2018 class of the Rhode Island Criminal Justice Hall of Fame. We commend

and thank him for his extraordinary achievements and contributions, and wish him continued

health and success in all his future endeavors; 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 Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Chief of the

Providence Police Department.

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