VIDEO: Former Providence Police Deputy Chief In Altercation Outside Bar

VIDEO: Former Providence Police Deputy Chief In Altercation Outside Bar

Former Providence Deputy Police Chief Paul Kennedy was involved in an altercation last week outside the Pontiac Tap located at 24 Pontiac Avenue in Providence.

Kennedy served on the Providence Police for more than three decades before rising to the number two position in the department.

The time stamp on the video shows the incident occurred late last Thursday night.

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Neither Kennedy - nor his wife - responded to request for comment. 

"We are aware of an incident, and we are looking into it," Providence Police Major David Lapatin told GoLocal, when reached for comment. 

 

About Video 

The video shows Kennedy and a man holding another man down on the hood of a car outside of Pontiac Tap. 

Kennedy can be heard clearly threatening the man.

In the video, Kennedy can be heard saying, “You piece of EXPLICATIVE.”

A woman who identifies herself as Kennedy’s wife says to the man pinned down, “You don’t EXPLICATIVE with my husband.”

Later in the video, the woman appears to finally see a man videotaping the altercation, at which point she yells out, “Grab his license plate."

 

This story was first published on 3/3/25 at 2:23 PM