Tiverton Police Announce Promotions

Twelve Tiverton Police officers were promoted by Chief Thomas Blakey last week.

In an effort to bring the Tiverton Police Department on par with international accreditation standards, 12 officers were promoted last week. Chief Thomas Blakey reassigned duties to accompany the rank promotions, but largely the personnel makeup will remain the same. "This promotion gets us in line to start a movement to make Tiverton a not only state, but nationally recognized law enforce agency for professionalism and excellence," said Capt. Patrick W. Jones, the department's executive officer. "It is the fervent hope of the police chief that the town and its citizens will support the police department in this venture." The shake up in ranking and allocation of duties is first step toward transforming Tiverton into a model police …

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