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. Dennis O’Brien dobrien@providenceri.gov 401-243-6910	270 Weybossett (main) 43 Elm Street (secondary) Kennedy Plaza (bike patrol)
Districts 2 Upper South Providence Lower South Providence Elmwood		Lt. James Barros jbarros@providenceri.gov 401-243-6920	693 Broad St.
District 3 South Elmwood Washington Park Reservoir		Lt. James Barros jbarros@providenceri.gov 401-243-6930	1380 Broad St.
District 4 Federal Hill West End		Lt. Ernest Forlini eforlini@providenceri.gov 401-243-6940	200 Cranston St.
District 5 Olneyville Hartford Silver Lake		Lt. Ernest Forlini eforlini@providenceri.gov 401-243-6940	204 Magnolia St.
District 6		Lt. David Allen dallen@providenceri.gov	1276 Chalkstone Ave.
District 7		Lt. David Allen dallen@providenceri.gov	206 Camden Ave.
District 8		Lt. Joseph Dufault jdufault@providenceri.gov 401-243-6990	248-250 Brook St.
District 9		Lt. Joseph Dufault jdufault@providenceri.gov 401-243-6990	248-250 Brook St.