Underwater Recover Team
The Cranston Police Department Underwater Recovery Team (URT) was established to assist the department in water borne investigations and specialized recovery.
Cranston Police divers are highly skilled, professional individuals who, aside from the daily duties of a police officer, are called upon in times of need to perform the delicate and sometimes emotionally grueling task of search and recovery. As a separate entity from any other unit of the Police Department, the URT is specially trained to perform a variety of water related missions.
The URT is available 24 hours a day and can be readyto deploy to any part of the city at a moment’s notice. The team is frequently requested by neighboring jurisdictions to assist in water based investigations and recoveries. Some of the tasks that the URT has been called upon to participate in include: evidence location and recovery, body location and recovery, and vehicle extraction.
The Cranston Police Department’s Underwater Recovery Team is commanded by Lieutenant Al Loiselle. He is assisted by Detective Donald Salvatore (operations) and Officer Peter Leclerc (logistics).