Roger Williams University Department of Public Safety is organized under the Division of Student Affairs. The Department is comprised of a Director, Associate Director, five Shift Commanders, twenty-one uniformed officers which includes seven EMTs dedicated to providing a safe and secure living, learning and working environment at the Bristol Campus, the Providence Campus, on and off campus residence dorms.
Public Safety Officers are not sworn police officers. Therefore, they do not carry firearms, nor do they have arrest powers. However, the Department of Public Safety has close and highly effective working relationships with state and local police, who can provide these services in a timely manner, if required.
Department of Public Safety
John P. Blessing
Director
Bristol and Providence Campuses
jblessing@rwu.edu
Pamela C. Moffatt
Associate Director
Bristol and Providence Campuses
pmoffatt@rwu.edu
Sandra Abilheria
Administrative Assistant
sabilheira@rwu.edu
Ely G. Barkett
Manager
Transportation and Parking
ebarkett@rwu.edu
Catherine Tobin
Assistant Manager
Transportation and Parking/Shift Commander
ctobin@rwu.edu
Daniel Gough
EMS Service Chief
dgough@rwu.edu
Shift Commanders
- Warren Brown (#3)
- Robert S. Cruz (#4)
- Scott Trafford (#5)
- Catherine Tobin, EMT (#6)
- Domenic Salinaro (#7)
Public Safety Officers
- Russell Almeida (#33)
- Deryck Anthony (#37)
- Donald Barnes, EMT (#41)
- T Beard, EMT (#45)
- George Carinha (#22)
- Fredrick Comella, EMT (#48)
- Sean Corr (#30)
- William Darling (#38)
- Ronald Dimech (#49)
- Divino Gervazio (#24)
- Michael Hurley, EMT (#46)
- Anthony Kouis, EMT (#47)
- Gerald Lorden (#43)
- Michael Pomerleau (#32)
- Thomas Poole (#31)
- Joseph Rainville III, EMT (#40)
- Kevin Rodrigues, EMT (#44)
- Scott Silva (#35)
- Jeff Stone (#42)
- Enles Thompson (#39)
- Matthew Tomkinson, EMT (#55)
Shuttle Drivers
- Ronald Bahnsen
- Robert Bento
- Robert Bonoan
- William Fitzgerald
- Leroy Gordon
- John Kuhn
- Alfred Quattrucci
- Angela Riopel
- Christine Toste
- Jane Walker
- Ruth Anne Zorra