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The Puerto Rico Department of Public Safety (PR DPS) (Spanish: Departamento de Seguridad Pública de Puerto Rico) is the umbrella organization within the Executive branch of Puerto Rico that agglomerates the Puerto Rico Law Enforcement and Emergency Response agencies in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Navy blue pants had a black line on the side of the legs from the waist down. In the 1960s, the only change to the uniform was the gun belt. The strap for the gun was only at the waist. In that same year, the patch was the Great Seal of Puerto Rico under the name Policia de Puerto Rico (Police of Puerto Rico).
The Puerto Rico municipal police is the group of local police forces of the different municipalities of Puerto Rico. Each municipal police operates independently and autonomously from one another with the mayor of the respective municipality being its commander-in-chief . [ 1 ]
When Pedro Rosselló was elected governor of Puerto Rico during the elections, he selected Toledo to be the Puerto Rico Police superintendent. Toledo, who was a known supporter of Rossello's party ( PNP ), became known for his firm stance against crime, which he dubbed "Mano Dura contra el Crimen" ("Strong arm against crime").
The Puerto Rico Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (Departamento de Corrección y Rehabilitación de Puerto Rico) is the law enforcement executive department of the government responsible for structuring, developing, and coordinating the public policies in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the U.S.
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.
The city was founded on 26 September 1735 by the viceroy Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y Eguiarreta as a Spanish garrison in order to protect them from the constant native attacks. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The name of the settlement was firstly called Santa Rosa María del Sacramento, name that was approved by the viceroy on 29 August 1737.
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Guaynabo is subdivided into administrative units called barrios, which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions, [1] (and means wards or boroughs or neighborhoods in English).