Puerto Rico Police

Puerto Rico Police Bureau
Puerto Rico Police Bureau
	Patch of the Puerto Rico Police Bureau
	Badge of the Puerto Rico Police Bureau
Common name	La Uniformada ; (The Uniformed)
Abbreviation	PRPB
Motto	Integrity and Protection
Agency overview
Formed	February 21, 1899; 125 years ago
Preceding agency	Puerto Rico Insular Police;
Dissolved	1899–1956
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Puerto Rico
Size	5,324 square miles (13,790 km2)
Population	3,195,153 (2018 estimate)
Legal jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
General nature	Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Cuartel General,; 601 Ave. Roosevelt,; Hato Rey San Juan,; PR 00936-8166
Police Officers	10,200 (2023 estimate)
Agency executive	Col. Antonio López Figueroa, Commissioner;
Parent agency	Department of Public Safety
Child agency	Puerto Rico Joint Forces of Rapid Action (PRJFRA);
Supervisions	List Field Operations ; Management Services ; Professional Responsibilities ; Community Relations ; Strategy Operations ; Administrative Services ; United Forces of Fast Action (F.U.R.A.) ; Criminal Investigations Corps ; Highway Patrol ; Drugs and Illegal Weapons ;
Regions	List San Juan ; Bayamón ; Ponce ; Carolina ; Fajardo ; Arecibo ; Aguadilla ; Caguas ; Humacao ; Mayagüez ; Aibonito ; Guayama ; Utuado ;
Facilities
Districts and Precincts	71 Districts (One station in town); 34 Precincts (more than 1 station in town); 13 Highway Patrol Areas
Police cars & Motorcycles	Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor ; Ford Explorer ; Ford Taurus ; Ford Econoline ; Ford F-250 ; Chevrolet Trailblazer ; Chevrolet Tahoe ; Chevrolet Impala ; Dodge Charger ; Harley Davidson Electra Glide ; Honda Shadow ; Suzuki Intruder
Aircraft	Bell 407 ; Bell 412 ; McDonnell Douglas MD-520N ; Cessna 404 Titan ; Cessna 310R
Website
	policia.pr.gov

The Puerto Rico Police (Spanish: Policía de Puerto Rico), officially the Puerto Rico Police Bureau, is a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the entire Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is a division of the Puerto Rico Department of Public Safety (PR DPS), alongside the Puerto Rico Special Investigations Bureau and the Puerto Rico Municipal Police and handles both traffic and criminal law enforcement in the commonwealth. As of 2020, the Puerto Rico Police force had 11,532 members.^[2]^[3] It is organized into thirteen regions within the island for operational purposes. Its headquarters are located at 601 Franklin D. Roosevelt Avenue in San Juan.

^ "Pierluisi nombra a jefes del componente de seguridad pública". elvocero.com (in Spanish). December 12, 2020.
^ Puerto Rico Unsettled Territory: A Department of Justice Report on the Puerto Rico Police Department Reveals an 'Agency in Profound Disrepair'. A. J. Vicens. Cronkite Borderlands Initiative. Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. Phoenix, Arizona. 29 October 2012. Accessed 31 August 2018.
^ VOCERO, Miguel Rivera Puig, EL. "Aumenta el número de policías". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[1] "Pierluisi nombra a jefes del componente de seguridad pública". elvocero.com (in Spanish). December 12, 2020.

[2] Puerto Rico Unsettled Territory: A Department of Justice Report on the Puerto Rico Police Department Reveals an 'Agency in Profound Disrepair'. A. J. Vicens. Cronkite Borderlands Initiative. Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. Phoenix, Arizona. 29 October 2012. Accessed 31 August 2018.

[3] VOCERO, Miguel Rivera Puig, EL. "Aumenta el número de policías". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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