Lieutenant Dean Isabella Receives L. Anthony Sutin Civic Imagination Award

The Providence Police Department is proud to announce that Lt. Dean Isabella, Commanding Officer for District 5, is the 2011 recipient of the L. Anthony Sutin Civic Imagination Award.

The US. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (the COPS Office) sponsors the award, which recognizes the efforts of a law enforcement officer and community member whose innovative civic interactions have transformed public safety in their community.

Lt. Isabella is joined by Frank Shea, Executive Director of the Olneyville Housing Corporation, as this year's honorees. Both are recognized for their community work and active engagement with the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence. After an unsettling fire in March 2011, Lt. Isabella brought the Providence Police Chief, Olneyville Housing Corporation, and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation together to create a foreclosure response project. He has worked with these organizations to help develop a number of strategies to decrease the impact of a distressed economy by addressing vacant and unmaintained nuisance properties.

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