Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police

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Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police
Puerto Rico Police
Reports to	Commissioner of Safety and Public Protection
Nominator	Governor of Puerto Rico
Appointer	Governor of Puerto Ricowith the advice and consent from the Senate
Formation	1956
Abolished	April 10, 2017
Succession	Commissioner of the Puerto Rico Police

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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, and an ex officio member of the Commission on Safety and Public Protection as well. The superintendent is appointed by the governor of Puerto Rico with advice and consent from the Senate. 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.

Chiefs of Police

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#	Name	Date it took office	Date it left office	Appointed by
1	Frank Techner	February 21, 1899	May 1, 1900
2	Terrence Hamill	May 1, 1900
3	William Stuz
4	George R. Shanton	1909	1922
5	William R. Rennett
6	G.W. Lewis	1923	1930
7	E. Francis Riggs	1933	1936
8	Enrique Orbeta
9	Antonio R. Silva
10	Luis Ramirez Brau
11	Joshua Jellinger
12	Salvador T. Roig	1946		Rexford Tugwell

Superintendents

#	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			Carlos Romero Barceló
8	Desiderio Cartagena Ortiz			Carlos Romero Barceló
9	Jorge Collazo Torres
10	Andres Garcia Arache			Rafael Hernández Colón
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	January 2, 2009	July 2, 2011	Luis Fortuño
20	José Luis Rivera	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	December 1, 2013	March 31, 2014	Alejandro García Padilla
24	Juan B. Rodríguez	April 1, 2014	April 4, 2014	Alejandro García Padilla
25	José Caldero	April 4, 2014	December 31, 2016	Alejandro García Padilla
26	Michelle Hernandez Frailey	January 2, 2017	January 8, 2018	Ricardo Rosselló Nevarez

References

^ 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.
^ 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.

v t e Puerto Rico Police
Divisions	FURA Highway Patrol SWAT
Posts	Superintendent

v t e Puerto Rico Commission on Safety and Public Protection
Agencies	Criminal Justice College Firefighters Corps Government Board of the 9-1-1 System National Guard Police State Agency for Emergency and Disaster Management
Posts	Adjutant General Commissioner of Safety and Public Protection Director of the State Agency for Emergency and Disaster Management Fire Chief Police Superintendent

v t e Emergency and disaster management in Puerto Rico
9-1-1 Commission on Safety and Public Protection FEMA Firefighters Corps FURA Government Board of the 9-1-1 System Medical Emergencies Corps National Guard Natural Resources Ranger Corps Police State Agency for Emergency and Disaster Management

v t e Law enforcement in Puerto Rico
Agencies	Commission on Safety and Public Protection Department of Justice FEI FURA Municipal Police National Guard Natural Resources Ranger Corps Police
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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