Several other officers face discipline or retraining for the way they treated bystanders, for failing to turn on their body cameras, and for administering an opioid reversal drug incorrectly, Pare said. One officer administered the drug, mistakenly thinking Gonsalves was overdosing. Discipline is about changing future behavior, not about embarrassing officers or embarrassing anyone, Pare said. How can we prevent this from happening.
Neronha said Thursday that state investigators determined Endres did not directly strike Gonsalves, who is Black, or his moped as witnesses have said.
Gonsalves, 24, had been among hundreds of people riding dirt bikes, ATVs and sometimes street-illegal vehicles through the city.
A Providence police officer will be suspended for two days after closely following a moped rider who crashed and went into a coma, officials said Friday. Officer Kyle Endres, a six-year member of the force, is being suspended because he did not drive his cruiser safely and he did not wear a seat belt, Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare said…
Report: Black students are âdisproportionately representedâ in Providence arrest data
The Center for Youth and Community Leadership in Education at Roger Williams University is calling for the removal of school resource officers
By Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated December 17, 2020, 8:05 a.m.
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The report by the Center for Youth and Community Leadership in Education (CYCLE) at Roger Williams University found that 8 percent of arrests were of students at Roger Williams Middle School in Providence.Ryan Conaty/The Boston Globe
PROVIDENCE â Black students accounted for 30 percent of all arrests in Providence schools between the 2016-17 school year and the 2019-20 school year, even though they made up just 16 percent of the student population, according to a report released Wednesday by the Center for Youth and Community Leadership in Education (CYCLE) at Roger Williams University.