Narragansett police chief taking new job leading DEM force

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Narragansett police chief was named Friday as the new chief of the R.I. Department of Environmental Management's Division of Law Enforcement, DEM officials announced in a news release.Chief Dean Hoxsie, who grew up in Narragansett and said he started at the Narragansett Police Department as a reserve police officer, has worked there more than 30 years, rising from patrolman to chief. He stepped away from the chief's job to serve as acting town manager in [...]