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2012/251st session of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) National Academy in
Quantico, V.A.

Colonel Winquist is member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, New
England Association of Chiefs of Police, as well as the Rhode Island Police Chiefs

Association where he serves on the executive board as Secretary. In 2018,
Colonel Winquist was appointed to the Rhode Island Police Officers Commission on

Standards and Training, which establishes rules, regulations and standards for
certification and training for municipal and state criminal justice personnel, maintains

records of law enforcement training, and serves as a resource to municipalities and
the state to improve the quality of law enforcement pursuant to Rhode Island General
Laws. In 2019, Colonel Winquist was also appointed to the State 9-1-1 Advisory

Committee.

Major Todd Patalano has been a member of the
Cranston Police Department since 1995. He is second in

command of the police department since 2014 and
currently serves as the Chief of Administrative Services.

Major Patalano’s previous assignments include having

served as the Commander of the Office of Professional
Standards Division, Inspectional Services Division, Patrol
Division, Planning and Research Division and Training

Division. Major Patalano has also served as a supervisor in
the Detective Division as well as an undercover investigator

in the Special Investigations Unit.

He has also served as the department’s Accreditation Manager leading to the
successful reaccreditation by the prestigious Commission on Accreditation for Law

Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). He has previously served as an FBI Certified Firearms
Instructor, Rhode Island Municipal Police Training Academy Instructor and as the

Department’s Civil Rights Officer, amongst numerous other assignments.

Major Patalano holds a Master of Science Degree from Roger Williams University
School of Justice Studies- Executive Law Enforcement program and a Bachelor of

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Cranston Police Department Year in Review 2020