South Kingstown Police Department
City agency in Washington County. How it reports to the FBI, and the rules its arrests run under.
Reporting to the FBI
- Population served
- 32,084 (FBI figure, 2025)
- City or town
- South Kingstown town (the Census place its FBI map point falls in)
- Counties
- Washington County
- Incident reporting
- Sends incident detail (NIBRS) since January 2004.
- Months sent in 2025
- 12 of 12
- FBI agency code
- RI0050300
Source: FBI NIBRS master file 2025 batch headers; names from the FBI agency list, pulled 2026-09-29.
After an arrest
- Who decides release first
When court is in session, a District Court judge sets bail. When it is closed, a bail commissioner, a lawyer appointed by the Chief Judge of the District Court, holds a bail hearing at the police station. Bail commissioners can't set bail for offenses punishable by life.
R.I. Gen. Laws 12-10-2- Time to see a judge
The court rules say a person arrested without a warrant must be taken before a District Court judge without unnecessary delay, and set no hour limit. The U.S. Supreme Court's 48-hour rule for a probable cause finding applies as the federal floor.
R.I. Dist. Ct. R. Crim. P. 5(a)
Crime and arrests
No figures yet
This agency's reported offenses, clearances, and arrests appear here once the agency series is published.