Highest-ranking officer, administrator, and director of the Puerto Rico Police
The Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police (Spanish : Superintendente de la Policía de Puerto Rico ) is the highest-ranking officer, administrator, and director of the Puerto Rico Police ,[1] and an ex officio member of the Commission on Safety and Public Protection as well.[2] [3] The superintendent is appointed by the governor of Puerto Rico with advice and consent from the Senate .[1] Superintendents have also typically being simultaneously appointed as Commissioners of Safety and Public Protection due to the nature of their job and experience.
The rank of Superintendent has existed since 1952; Before that, from 1899 to 1956, the rank was known as Chief of the Puerto Rico Police .
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Chiefs of Police
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Name
Date it took office
Date it left office
Appointed by
1
Frank Techner[4]
February 21, 1899
May 1, 1900
2
Terrence Hamill
May 1, 1900
3
William Stuz
4
George R. Shanton[5]
1909
1922
5
William R. Rennett
6
G.W. Lewis[5]
1923
1930
7
E. Francis Riggs[5]
1933
1936
8
Enrique Orbeta
9
Antonio R. Silva
10
Luis Ramirez Brau
11
Joshua Jellinger
12
Salvador T. Roig
1946
Rexford Tugwell
Superintendents
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Portrait
Name
Date it took office
Date it left office
Appointed by
1
Ramón Torres Braschi
1956
1963
Luis Muñoz Marín
2
Salvador T. Roig
1963
1966
Luis Muñoz Marín
3
Salvador Rodriguez Aponte
4
Luis Torres Maso
5
Astol Calero Toledo
6
Luis Maldonado Trinidad
7
Roberto Torres Gonzalez
8
Desiderio Cartagena Ortiz
9
Jorge Collazo Torres
10
Andres Garcia Arache
11
Carlos J. Lopez Feliciano
1985
1989
Rafael Hernández Colón
12
Ismael Betancourt Lebron
1989
1992
Rafael Hernández Colón
13
Pedro Toledo Davila
January 2, 1993
January 1, 2001
Pedro Rosselló
14
Pierre Vivoni Del Valle
January 2, 2001
May 13, 2002
Sila María Calderón
15
Miguel Pereira Castillo
May 14, 2002
November 1, 2003
Sila María Calderón
16
Victor Rivera Gonzalez
November 2, 2002
March 2003
Sila María Calderón
17
Agustin Cartagena Diaz
March 2003
January 1, 2005
Sila María Calderón
18
Pedro Toledo
January 2, 2005
January 1, 2009
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
19
Jose Figueroa Sancha [6]
January 2, 2009
July 2, 2011
Luis Fortuño
20
José Luis Rivera[7]
July 3, 2011
July 6, 2011
Luis Fortuño
21
Emilio Díaz Colón
July 7, 2011
March 28, 2012
Luis Fortuño
22
Héctor Pesquera
March 29, 2012
November 30, 2013
Luis Fortuño
23
James Tuller [8]
December 1, 2013
March 31, 2014
Alejandro García Padilla
24
Juan B. Rodríguez[9]
April 1, 2014
April 4, 2014
Alejandro García Padilla
25
José Caldero [10]
April 4, 2014
December 31, 2016
Alejandro García Padilla
26
Michelle Hernandez Frailey
January 2, 2017
January 8, 2018[11]
Ricardo Rosselló Nevarez
References
^ a b Puerto Rico Police Act of 1996 (PDF) (53) (in Spanish). 1996. Retrieved December 30, 2012 .
^ Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1993 (PDF) (in Spanish), retrieved December 29, 2012
^ "Organigrama del Gobierno de Puerto Rico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Puerto Rico Office of Management and Budget . April 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved November 18, 2012 .
^ "Histroia De La Policia De Puerto Rico" . Buenas Tareas . Retrieved November 3, 2011 .
^ a b c Ramón Bosque; Jose Javier Colon Morera, eds. (2006). Puerto Rico under colonial rule . State University of New York Press. p. 34. ISBN 0-7914-6417-2 .
^ "Puerto Rico's police chief resigns as crime soars" . Reuters . July 2, 2011.
^ Harold J. Leonard Navarr (July 3, 2011). "José Luis Rivera named interim police superintendent" . Puerto Rico Daily Sun .
^ WOLE-DT (April 1, 2014). "Renuncia el superintendente James Tuller" . WOLE-DT. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014 .
^ Cordero, Gerardo (April 4, 2014). "José Caldero López es el nuevo superintendente de la Policía" . Primera Hora . Retrieved April 12, 2014 .
^ Santiago, Yaritza (April 6, 2014). "Confiado por su experiencia José Caldero" . El Nuevo Día . Retrieved April 6, 2014 .
^ Ruiz Kuilan, Gloria (January 8, 2018). "Ricardo Rosselló aceptó la renuncia de la comisionada de la Policía" . El Nuevo Día .
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