Puerto Rico Department of Justice

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Department of Justice of Puerto Rico
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Departamento de Justicia de Puerto Rico

Formed	July 25, 1952; 72 years ago (1952-07-25)
Jurisdiction	Executive Branch
Headquarters	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Agency executive	Domingo Emanuelli Hernández, Secretary of Justice
Child agency	Special Investigations Bureau
Key document	Article IV of the Constitution of Puerto Rico
Website	www.justicia.gobierno.pr

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The Puerto Rico Department of Justice (PR DOJ) (Spanish: Departamento de Justicia de Puerto Rico) is the Executive Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico responsible for the enforcement of the local law in the commonwealth and the administration of justice. The Department is equivalent to the State Bureau of Investigation in many US states. The Department is headed by the Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico and has been in existence in one form or another since Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony. The current agency was created by the Constitution of Puerto Rico in 1952.

The Department, headquartered in a multi-story building in the Miramar sector of San Juan, includes a structure of District Attorneys to handle criminal caseload, as well as specialized divisions to handle antitrust cases, general civil cases, public integrity (corruption) and federal litigation, among others.

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Special Investigations Bureau

Secretary of Justice

Main article: Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico

The Department's head, the Attorney General, is appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico, and serves at his pleasure, after receiving the consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's Solicitor General, which handles appellate work, is also appointed by the governor and subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. Formers secretaries include:

1908–1910: Henry W. Hoyt
1910–1912: Foster H. Brown
1912–1914: Walcott H. Pitkin
1914–1919: Howard L. Kern
1919–1923: Salvador Mestre
1923–1925: Herbert P. Coats
1925–1928: George C. Butte
1968-1969: Jose C. Aponte
1970-1971: Blas C. Herrero
1984–1991: Héctor Rivera Cruz
1991–1992: Jorge E. Pérez-Díaz
1993–1996: Pedro Pierluisi
1996-2000: Jose Fuentes Agostini
2001– July 2004: Anabelle Rodriguez
Aug.–Dec. 2004: William Vazquez Irizarry
2005–2008: Roberto Sánchez Ramos
2009–2010: Antonio Sagardía
2010–2012: Guillermo Somoza
2013–2013: Luis Sánchez Betances
2014–2017: César Miranda
2017-2019: Wanda Vázquez Garced
2019-2021: Dennise Longo Quiñones
2021-present: Domingo Emanuelli Hernández

References

VICTIM OF BALLINGER FEUD; Attorney General Hoyt of Puerto Rico Resigns in NYT on April 24, 1910

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Posts	Attorney General Secretary of Justice

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Posts	Adjutant General Attorney General Commissioner of Safety and Public Protection FEI Secretary of Justice Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police

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