By interacting, you agree to social media rules posted at https://www.coventrypd.org/transparency The Coventry Police is a full-service, municipal law enforcement agency, comprised of 57 sworn police officers with a support staff of 21 civilians, whose mission is to fulfill the law enforcement needs of the Town of Coventry. Our mission is to protect and connect with the community we serve, enhance public safety, and reduce the incidents of fear and crime. We will enforce the laws of the State of Rhode Island and the ordinances of the Town of Coventry with a commitment driven by our core values of Strength, Honor, and Integrity. As part of our mission, we are committed to establishing and maintaining proactive partnerships with residents and business owners to work together in solving problems facing our community. We are further committed to maintaining public trust by ensuring we adhere to the highest professional law enforcement standards. We shall continuously strive to improve our services and respond to society's changing needs through a commitment to training, self-development, effective leadership, community interaction, and investment in technology. The Coventry Police Department's page was created to provide people who live in the Town of Coventry and the State of Rhode Island, or others with interest in the Coventry Police Department, with access to information about the Department, and to facilitate the exchange of information with the public at large. To promote such exchange the department encourages and welcomes comments from the public about issues related to law enforcement in Rhode Island. With that said, however, please note that this is neither a public forum nor a means to report a crime. The Coventry Police Department is responsible for monitoring all postings to its page and may take appropriate action whenever necessary, and at its sole discretion, to protect other visitors to the page from inappropriate or otherwise harmful information and links. The Department reserves the right to regulate the content of, and where necessary delete completely, any objectionable entry that appears on its page. Comments that are threatening in nature will be reported. The Coventry Police Department reserves the right to remove and/or block anyone as determined by the Administer(s) of the page. To that end, The Coventry Police Department will remove as soon as feasible any posting that involves:
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o Profane language or content
o Content that promotes, fosters or perpetuates discriminations basis of race, creed color, class, ethnicity, age religion, gender, marital status. status in regards to public assistance, national origin, physical or mental disability, s*xual orientation, or other classification
o Explicit or implied s*xual content
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o Information that might compromise the safety or security of the public
o Any other posting that, by its nature or content, might harm public welfare
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o False information
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o Infringement upon or violation of copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights of any person
o Content that contains any personal or sensitive information (phone numbers, email or postal addresses)
o Misrepresentation of your identity or affiliation
o Impersonating others
o Posting links to other sites
o Comments not topically related to the authorized post
Apparent spam will be removed and may cause the author(s) to be blocked from the page without notice. Public comments made on this page are not official communications with the Coventry Police Department. Comments posted by others on the Coventry Police Department page(s) are not to be considered the opinion of the Coventry Police Department; nor does the Coventry Police Department endorse any third party comments on this page. In addition, the appearance of external links on this site does not constitute official endorsement on behalf of the Coventry Police Department. All content on this page is subject to Rhode Island Access to Public Records Laws (APRA). All content posted on the Coventry Police Departments page is subject to public endorsement on behalf of the Coventry Police Department. All content posted on the Coventry Police Departments page is subject to public disclosure. You participate at your own risk, taking personal responsibility for your comments, your username, and any information provided.
