§ 42-28-1 Definitions
§ 42-28-2 Establishment – Superintendent – General duties
§ 42-28-3 Scope of responsibilities
§ 42-28-3.1 AMBER Alert
§ 42-28-3.2 AMBER Alert procedures for protocol and implementation
§ 42-28-3.3 Senior citizen alert
§ 42-28-3.4 Missing Senior Citizen Alert procedures for protocol and implementation
§ 42-28-3.5 Blue Alert system
§ 42-28-3.6 Blue Alert procedures for protocol and implementation
§ 42-28-4 Composition of division
§ 42-28-5 Superintendent – Appointment, tenure, duties, and retirement
§ 42-28-6 Superintendent’s bond – Reports
§ 42-28-7 Deputy superintendent as acting superintendent
§ 42-28-8 Clerk of division
§ 42-28-9 Offices of superintendent
§ 42-28-10 Appointment and removal of members
§ 42-28-11 Powers of superintendent – Rules and regulations
§ 42-28-11.1 Local police officers assigned to state police
§ 42-28-12 Members assigned to towns
§ 42-28-13 Members assigned to department of environmental management
§ 42-28-14 Salary limits preserved – Honorable discharges
§ 42-28-15 Buildings, stations, garages, and barracks
§ 42-28-16 Statewide police telecommunications system
§ 42-28-17 Vehicles, equipment, and supplies
§ 42-28-18 Use of jails and places of detention
§ 42-28-19 Police powers of members – Fees – Duties – Suppression of riots
§ 42-28-20 Attorney general as legal advisor
§ 42-28-21 Injury and death benefits
§ 42-28-22 Retirement of members
§ 42-28-22.1 Retirement contribution
§ 42-28-22.2 State contributions
§ 42-28-22.3 Separate plan and trust for retirement program of state police
§ 42-28-23 Military credit on retirement
§ 42-28-24 Exemption from jury duty – Recognizance for costs – False impersonation
§ 42-28-25 State and municipal police training school established
§ 42-28-25.1 Trainee compensation for death, disability, or injury
§ 42-28-26
§ 42-28-27 Supervision of school
§ 42-28-28 Persons admissible to school
§ 42-28-29 Sponsorship of school candidates by city or town
§ 42-28-30 Certificate of completion of training course
§ 42-28-31 Expenses of school – Compensation of candidates
§ 42-28-32 Annual appropriations
§ 42-28-33 Exceeding appropriations
§ 42-28-37 Accident reports – Fee
§ 42-28-45 Solicitation in name of state police
§ 42-28-46 Development of system monitoring crimes motivated by bigotry and bias
§ 42-28-47 Stolen or fire damaged vehicle report forms
§ 42-28-48 Repealed
§ 42-28-49 Acceptance of gifts and bequests
§ 42-28-49.1 Non-state agency reimbursements
§ 42-28-50 Severability

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 42-28 - State Police

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • town council: include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8