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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING NORTH SMITHFIELD POLICE CHIEF STEVEN REYNOLDS ON

HIS RETIREMENT AFTER NEARLY FORTY-SIX YEARS OF EXEMPLARY AND

DEVOTED SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF RHODE ISLAND AND THE TOWN OF

NORTH SMITHFIELD

     

     Introduced By: Senators de la Cruz, Paolino, Murray, Ruggerio, and Metts

     Date Introduced: February 06, 2020

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, Steven Reynolds, a Pawtucket native, began his distinguished public service

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law enforcement career in 1974 when he joined the Rhode Island State Police. Over his twenty-

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two year career, he rose to the rank of Captain and served as the Commander of the State’s

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Detective Division. He was widely respected for his leadership abilities and his outstanding

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investigative acumen. Colonel James Manni, the current Superintendent of the Rhode Island State

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Police, served with Chief Reynolds and describes him as being “a class act,” someone who “had a

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wealth of knowledge as an investigator” and who “commanded the respect of every trooper on

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the job”; and

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     WHEREAS, In 1996, Chief Reynolds was selected to be the Police Chief of the North

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Smithfield Police Department. Chief Reynolds got to work right away, reforming the Department

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with new rules and policies, and implementing a hiring process that focused on quality, and

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pushed politics away; and

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     WHEREAS, Chief Reynolds has the reputation as someone who hires good and

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intelligent people, sets high standards, and then lets them run their divisions without interference

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from him as long as the job is getting done and the public is being served properly. He always

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reminded his officers of their obligations to the Town of North Smithfield and was always quick

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to praise them for jobs well done; and

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     WHEREAS, Chief Reynolds is a resident of Lincoln, and serves on the Lincoln Parks and

 

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Recreation Commission and the Rhode Island State Police Museum Committee. He also loves the

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game of baseball and is very active with local youth baseball. He coaches for Cumberland’s

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Upper Deck Baseball Academy, and was recently named head baseball coach at Lincoln High

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School. He is married to Angela and has three children and three grandchildren; now, therefore be

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it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby congratulates North Smithfield Police Chief Steven Reynolds on his retirement and thanks

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him for his nearly forty-six years of exemplary and meritorious service to the citizens of Rhode

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Island and North Smithfield as a law enforcement officer. We furthermore wish him good health,

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happiness, and continued success in all his future endeavors; and be it further

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

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to North Smithfield Police Chief Steven

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Reynolds.

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