Cranston Police Stations Past & Present
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Vintage post card view of Cranston’s first City Hall and police headquarters – circa 1900.
Sergeant Maher, circa 1921
Cranston’s First Police Radio System – 1934
In-Service Training – 1952
Inspector Ryan – April, 1952
Cranston Police Radio Room – 1952
Police Specialist Joe Austin – 1952
Police Inspector Moretti – 1954
Sgt. Charles Rogers – 1954
Sgt. Harry Sunderland & Specialist Joe Austin – 1954
1954
Cranston Police Station
Knightsville – c. 1966
L to R: Floyd Smith, Ray Flynn
Dispatch area of Knightsville Station,
L to R, Louix, Beckman, Gilkenson – 1960s
Anthony Moretti – 1960s
Aerial photo of new station -1967
Sign to 275 Atwood Ave.
Police Station
Cranston Police Headquarters
275 Atwood Avenue
Photo taken circa 1970
Police Headquarters – circa 1975 Note the police memorial on front lawn.
CPD Dispatch Center – 1967
Dispatch Center – 1967
8th District Court room – 1960s.
In 1991 became the Detective Division offices.
Officer Ken Gilkenson on early teletype machine.
Dispatch Area – 1972
Officer David Palazollo
Sergeant Tom Lanzi – 1972
Dispatch Area – 1978
Joan Dube and Ralph Nahagian
Chief Anthony Moretti in his office on the third floor of old station – circa 1981
Records Room
275 Atwood Ave.
1983
Dispatch Center – November, 1984
Channel 3, Dispatch Center – 1984
Lobby of old police station after renovations – March, 1991
Cell Block – 1991
Transcriptionist – Computer Room – 1991
Computer Room – March, 1991
Fingerprinting Station – 1991
“Mug-shot” camera – 1991
Roll Call Room- March, 1991
Dispatch Center – October, 1991
Rear Lot of 275 Atwood Ave. 1970s.
View of the rear lot of headquarters from the cell block sally port – 1970s
View of rear lot of headquarters from the cell block sally port – late 1990s.
After moving to the new police station in Arlington, the old station was utilized by a movie company and turned into a sound stage.
Old Station being torn down – December, 2013
275 Atwood Ave. undergoing demolition – December, 2013
Looking north from the rear lot. 2013
Rear lot looking west.
Where the sally pot and cell block was once located.
Front of old station
275 Atwood Ave.
December, 2013
Former Narragansett Brewery about 1990, where the present Cranston police station now stands.
Cranston’s current police station, Garfield Avenue – Photo taken 2011.
Car 619 in front of Headquarters – June 2014
March 5, 2016