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R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-2-1. Commissioning of special police — Revocation of commission
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The governor may from time to time, upon the application of any common carrier of passengers, or of the director of transportation, commission for an indefinite term one or more persons designated by that common carrier or the director of transportation who, having been duly swor…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-2-2. Badges to be worn or carried by officers
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Every officer commissioned under this chapter shall, when on duty and in uniform, wear in plain sight a metallic badge inscribed with the words “railroad police” and the name or initials of the corporation for which he or she is appointed, or “steamboat police” according to his o…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-2-3. Power to preserve order
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(a) Railroad police officers may: (1) Preserve order within and upon the premises and cars of the corporation upon whose petition they were appointed; (2) Arrest without a warrant intoxicated or disorderly persons frequenting the premises or cars and by their presence or conduct,…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-2-4. Arrest and detention of disorderly persons and persons refusing to pay
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If a passenger upon a railroad train refuses to pay his or her fare, or is noisy or disorderly, a railroad police officer may arrest him or her without a warrant, and remove him or her to the baggage or other suitable car of the train and confine him or her there until the arriva…
