The City of Providence is divided into nine districts and consists of five district commanders who serve as commanding officers in their assigned area. This decentralized approach enables police officers to be more accessible and responsive to the citizens in their district. In addition, each Lieutenant is responsible for developing a crime-fighting strategy that is specific to the problems that are prevalent in his/her respective district.

District	District Commander	Substation Address
District 1 Downtown	Lt. Matthew Jennette mjennette@providenceri.gov	270 Weybossett (main) 43 Elm Street (secondary)
District 2 Upper South Providence Lower South Providence Elmwood	Lt. Carlos Sical csical@providenceri.gov
District 3 South Elmwood Washington Park Reservoir	Lt. Carlos Sical csical@providenceri.gov	1380 Broad St 305 Shipyard St
District 4 Federal Hill West End	Lt. Christopher Currier ccurrier@providenceri.gov	200 Cranston St.
District 5 Olneyville Hartford Silver Lake	Lt. Christopher Currier ccurrier@providenceri.gov	246 Magnolia St.
District 6	Lt. Richard Esposito resposito@providenceri.gov	1276 Chalkstone Ave.
District 7	Lt. Richard Esposito resposito@providenceri.gov	206 Camden Ave.
District 8	Lt. William Brown wbrown@providenceri.gov
District 9	Lt. William Brown wbrown@providenceri.gov	172 Cushing St.