Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Johnston Police Department
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- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was merge to Johnston, Rhode Island. (non-admin closure) BhikhariInformer 📮 (Ping me or else I won't see it) 16:02, 8 June 2026 (UTC)
Johnston Police Department
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WP:RUNOFTHEMILL police department that does not appear to meet WP:GNG because of a lack of secondary sources. Tagged as potentially non-notable since 2022. Cicada1010 (talk) 14:26, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
- Note: this discussion has been included in the AfD sorting lists for the following topics: Police and Rhode Island. Cicada1010 (talk) 14:26, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
- Keep I would like to see a longer, more-detailed article. I see this stub as a seed that might sprout. PaulinSaudi (talk) 15:17, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
- Merge to Johnston, Rhode Island and expand on the current one liner that is currently included there as an AtD. Most of the search results that come up for the police department are news stories about their arrests & activities so it is quite hard to find the secondary sources that might exist that would contribute to notability of the PD or to the expansion of this article to a position where it couldn't just be part of the Johnston, Rhode Island article. BleachPuffin (talk) 14:49, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
- Merge to Johnston, Rhode Island per BleachPuffin. Doesn't seem the sources are good enough to get past WP:GNG. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 13:16, 3 June 2026 (UTC)
- Merge selectively to Johnston, Rhode Island as suggested and as reasonable in these circumstances. Bearian (talk) 15:39, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.