Ptl. Charles H. Smith
Badge No. 9
Patrolman Charles H. Smith was appointed a police constable in 1896. When Cranston incorporated as a city in June of 1910 and formally established a full-time police department, he was one of the first ten permanent patrolmen appointed. He passed away in 1916 and is buried at the Pocasset Cemetery in Cranston.
Rest in peace.