Providence RI March 18 2008
By Mary Murphy
The Providence Journal
Patrolman Craig Force tells the story of a couple who were returning from a vacation in Mexico. Apparently the two began fighting on their trip, but it wasn’t until they were back home that the woman decided to slug the man as he waited outside T. F. Green Airport. When Force arrested her on a domestic-violence charge, she told him that she knew her rights would be protected if she waited to hit him on U.S. soil.
When Force retired after 22 years with the Pawtucket police seven years ago, he joined the Rhode Island Airport Police. Force and the other 43 officers of the airport police deal with crimes of domestic violence, illegal weapons, driving under the influence and other offenses, 24 hours a day. Some travelers are so intoxicated that the airport police have to remove them from planes, the sort of people, Force says, who “don’t like being told No.”
And since Sept.11, 2001, Force says, “people still don’t realize they can’t leave their cars parked in front of the airport.” As cars cruise through waiting to pick up arriving passengers and trying to avoid paying for parking, Force and the other patrolmen spend a lot of time keeping the traffic moving past the entrances at the arrival and departure levels.
Patrolling the perimeter of the airport as well as the property that the State Airport Corporation has bought from home owners in the area is also part of the job. Force will hop in one of department’s cars, let the air-traffic control tower know that he is coming onto the perimeter, and follow the fence around the property making sure that there have been no breaks in the fence that is topped with rows of barbed wire. He scans the sky and the runway for incoming and outgoing planes. He always has to be aware of where he is on the field. Every so often he will come across deer or coyotes that have breached the fence, and wild turkeys have been known to come in for a landing.
Chief David Haydon, a state police lieutenant who has been the chief of the airport police since last July, says that his department is proactive. He wants his force visible to make travelers feel secure. With their presence police are promoting community relations, but they are also making arrests. Last year, there were 52 arrests at the airport. So far this year there have been 18.
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By Mary Murphy
The Providence Journal
Patrolman Craig Force tells the story of a couple who were returning from a vacation in Mexico. Apparently the two began fighting on their trip, but it wasn’t until they were back home that the woman decided to slug the man as he waited outside T. F. Green Airport. When Force arrested her on a domestic-violence charge, she told him that she knew her rights would be protected if she waited to hit him on U.S. soil.
When Force retired after 22 years with the Pawtucket police seven years ago, he joined the Rhode Island Airport Police. Force and the other 43 officers of the airport police deal with crimes of domestic violence, illegal weapons, driving under the influence and other offenses, 24 hours a day. Some travelers are so intoxicated that the airport police have to remove them from planes, the sort of people, Force says, who “don’t like being told No.”
And since Sept.11, 2001, Force says, “people still don’t realize they can’t leave their cars parked in front of the airport.” As cars cruise through waiting to pick up arriving passengers and trying to avoid paying for parking, Force and the other patrolmen spend a lot of time keeping the traffic moving past the entrances at the arrival and departure levels.
Patrolling the perimeter of the airport as well as the property that the State Airport Corporation has bought from home owners in the area is also part of the job. Force will hop in one of department’s cars, let the air-traffic control tower know that he is coming onto the perimeter, and follow the fence around the property making sure that there have been no breaks in the fence that is topped with rows of barbed wire. He scans the sky and the runway for incoming and outgoing planes. He always has to be aware of where he is on the field. Every so often he will come across deer or coyotes that have breached the fence, and wild turkeys have been known to come in for a landing.
Chief David Haydon, a state police lieutenant who has been the chief of the airport police since last July, says that his department is proactive. He wants his force visible to make travelers feel secure. With their presence police are promoting community relations, but they are also making arrests. Last year, there were 52 arrests at the airport. So far this year there have been 18.
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