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Drug arrests latest black mark
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — After three Providence police officers were arrested last week in a cocaine-peddling sting, Chief Dean Esserman called it a "hard day" for the department.
The department has endured its share of hard days in recent years despite Esserman's vows in 2003 to reform the conduct of a department marred by a cheating scandal and other problems under the administration of ex-Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci.
One officer faces a trial on charges of raping a woman at a police substation, another was indicted last month for allegedly beating a man with a flashlight and a ...
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