List of police chiefs and superintendents of Puerto Rico

Main article: Puerto Rico Police Department

Chiefs of police

Chiefs of police Period of service Notes
Frank Techner February 21, 1899 – May 1, 1900 first commander of the insular police force[1]
Terrence Hamill May 1, 1900
William Stuz
George R. Shanton 1909 - 1922[2]
William R. Rennett
G.W. Lewis 1923 - 1930[2]
E. Francis Riggs 1933 - 1936[2]
Enrique Orbeta
Antonio R. Silva
Luis Ramirez Brau
Joshua Jellinger
Salvador T. Roig
Ramón Torres Braschi
Salvador Rodriguez Aponte
Luis Torres Maso

Police superintendents

Police superintendents Period of service Notes
Astol Calero Toledo first police superintendent of Puerto Rico
Luis Maldonado Trinidad
Roberto Torres Gonzalez
Desiderio Cartagena Ortiz
Jorge Collazo Torres
Andres Garcia Arache
Carlos J. Lopez Feliciano
Ismael Betancourt Lebron
Pedro Toledo January 2, 1993 – January 1, 2001
Pierre Vivoni Del Valle January 2, 2001 – May 13, 2002
Miguel Pereira Castillo May 14, 2002 – November 1, 2003
Victor Rivera Gonzalez November 2, 2002 – March 2003
Agustin Cartagena Diaz March 2003 – January 1, 2005
Pedro Toledo January 2, 2005 – January 1, 2009
Jose Figueroa Sancha January 2, 2009 – July 2, 2011 Resigned on July 2, 2011 amid criticism about a record number of murders.[3]
José Luis Rivera July 3, 2011 - July 6, 2011 Appointed interim superintendent following resignation of previous superintendent[4]
Gen. Emilio Díaz Colón July 7, 2011 -

References

  1. ^ "Histroia De La Policia De Puerto Rico". Buenas Tareas. http://www.buenastareas.com/ensayos/Histroia-De-La-Policia-De-Puerto/1692662.html. Retrieved November 3, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c Ramón Bosque and Jose Javier Colon Morera, ed (2006). Puerto Rico under colonial rule. State University of New York Press. p. 34. ISBN 0-7914-6417-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=te1cUiXUweYC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=salvador+t.+roig&source=bl&ots=JpVab6RqKZ&sig=p_ssvibnrRlClO_xfacwcMJhwfw&hl=en&ei=0SjmTo-5Aejz0gHe9fzABQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBwQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=salvador%20t.%20roig&f=false. 
  3. ^ "Puerto Rico's police chief resigns as crime soars". Reuters. July 2, 2011. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/02/us-puertorico-police-idUSTRE7611PN20110702. 
  4. ^ Harold J. Leonard Navarr (July 3, 2011). "José Luis Rivera named interim police superintendent". Puerto Rico Daily Sun. http://www.prdailysun.com/?page=news.article&id=1309672790.