EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – The East Providence Public Safety Communications Center, a state-of-the-art space, opened at its new location on April 10, 2023, and celebrated its opening during a ribbon cutting on April 26, 2023, with local, state, and federal officials.
The opening comes after the site remained vacant for 20 years. The site was built in 2001 and completed in August of 2002 with the purpose of moving the public safety communications from its former location at the East Providence Police Department to this new, current location. After more than 20 years, the site will be used for its intended purpose and to its full potential.
“This is an exciting day for the city’s public safety departments,” Mayor DaSilva said. “After nearly two decades, the city’s IT, Police, and Fire Departments have completed the task of creating a state-of-the-art communications center as originally intended 20 years ago.
“We are thankful to our federal delegation including Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman David Cicilline and former Congressman James Langevin for working to provide American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to support this project,” Mayor DaSilva added.
