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John Guilfoil Public Relations LLC Rhode Island Police Chiefs’ Association Members Attend New England Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference PROVIDENCE — Several members of the Rhode Island Police Chiefs’ Association attended the New England Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference in Nashua, N.H. this week. For immediate release Lincoln Police Chief Brian Sullivan Sworn In As 2021 NEACOP President Lincoln Police Chief Brian Sullivan, left, is sworn in as New England Association of Chiefs of Police President for the 2021 calendar year at this year’s NEACOP annual c...

Terms of law enforcement. >> so this is happening just in coopertown. would you recommend any other department or municipality to do polygraphs on potential officers? >> i would. if it will save the department from hiring one bad person or one bad officer, it will save them a lot in the long run. as a police officer or even a police department, it's real easy to get a bad repetition. once you do that, it's hard to overcome. this right here is one avenue to keep from something like that happening. >> shane sullivan is the new police chief in cooperstown, tennessee, they are installing a polygra...

Hired officers. chief sullivan joins me on the phone now. chief, you were hired after one officer was caught using a racial slur and a few years before that, there was talk of speed traps and racial profiling. your department turned to polygraph tests. what kind of questions do you ask job applicants. >> there's several questions. have they ever committed a racial motive of any kind against an individual or society. it has to do your criminal history or drug abuse or alcohol abuse. >> do you outright ask them if they are racist? >> no. >> you don't. you're not that direct.