Argue all you want about the cause of climate change. The 911 calls still come.

By: Joe Broadmeadow

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: August 3, 2026

Words: 1,112

Last Updated: 11 hours, 27 minutes ago

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No one dials 911 to report climate change. They call because the water is over the doorsill. They call because a neighbor on the third floor, in an apartment with no air conditioning, stopped answering the door. They call because the road they were told to evacuate on is already under two feet of water.

In my 20 years wearing a badge in East Providence, I learned that the public rarely argues with a police …

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