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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING WARWICK POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF COLONEL BRADFORD

CONNOR ON HIS FORTHCOMING RETIREMENT ON JUNE 29, 2025, AFTER MORE

THAN 27 YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE CITY OF WARWICK

     Introduced By: Senators LaMountain, Appollonio, McKenney, Tikoian, Britto,
Raptakis, Zurier, Bissaillon, Felag, and Urso

     Date Introduced: June 12, 2025

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, Warwick Police Chief Colonel Bradford Connor began his distinguished

law enforcement public service career in 1996 when he joined the Warwick Police Department.

Chief Connor served most of his tenure in the police department as a member of the Community

Services Division, beginning as a Community Police Officer where he worked closely with

community groups to improve quality of life issues, and later as the Officer in charge of the

Division; and

     WHEREAS, Thanks to his tireless work ethic, strong leadership and communication

skills, and his abiding integrity, Chief Connor steadily rose through the ranks that culminated in

his first tenure with the Warwick Police Department with assignments in the Patrol Division,

Detective Division, and Professional Standards Division. He also served on the Department’s

Special Weapons and Tactics Team as the Team Commander, and concluded his first tenure with

the Department at the rank of Deputy Police Chief shortly after serving as the Commander of the

Operations and Administrative Bureaus, before retiring from the Department in 2019; and

     WHEREAS, In 2019, Chief Connor accepted a position to serve as the Director of

Security at Women & Infants Hospital where he was a key part of the Incident and Command

Team that assisted the hospital in navigating through the COVID-19 pandemic; and

     WHEREAS, In 2021, Chief Connor returned to the Warwick Police Department when he

agreed to serve as the Department’s Police Chief. Chief Connor’s tenure as Police Chief has been

marked by his unwavering commitment to public service, and the people of Warwick. His

leadership has earned high praise, respect and admiration both within the City of Warwick and

throughout the State of Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, Warwick Police Chief Bradford Connor attended St. Anselm College where

he attained a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. Chief Connor is married to Carla, who serves

as a Detective on the Providence Police Department. Chief Connor was a former Rhode Island

Police Chiefs Association President and board member. He also serves on the Board of Directors

for the Boys and Girls Club of Warwick; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby congratulates

Warwick Police Chief Colonel Bradford Connor on his forthcoming retirement from the Warwick

Police Department on June 29, 2025. We furthermore thank him for his more than 27 years of

distinguished and devoted public service as a law enforcement officer; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Warwick Police Chief, Colonel Bradford

Connor.

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