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PAWTUCKET – City leaders and some residents are in sharp disagreement over whether Police Chief Tina Goncalves should be required to give an annual in-person update on the state of policing in Pawtucket.
Eleven residents, at least some upset by a letter from Mayor Donald Grebien asking the City Council to consider eliminating language in local law requiring the chief to make a report to the council at the first meeting in September each year, testified at the Dec. 9 meeting. Grebien holds that the language should reflect the practices in place since 2011, which do not include that visit.
Grebien noted that the city’s investment in technology has allowed the Police Department to share all sorts of information with residents through its website, pawtucketpolice.com, and residents are able to look up the annual report or other documents at any time.