List of Superintendents of the Puerto Rico Police

The rank of Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police has existed since 1952. Before that, from 1899 to 1956 the rank was known as Chief of the Puerto Rico Police.

Chiefs of Police

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

Superintendents

#	Portrait	Name	Date it took office	Date it left office	Appointed by
1		Ramón Torres Braschi	1956	1963
2		Salvador T. Roig	1963	1966
3		Salvador Rodriguez Aponte
4		Luis Torres Maso
5		Astol Calero Toledo
6		Luis Maldonado Trinidad
7		Roberto Torres Gonzalez
8		Desiderio Cartagena Ortiz
9		Jorge Collazo Torres
10		Andres Garcia Arache
11		Carlos J. Lopez Feliciano
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[3]	January 2, 2009	July 2, 2011	Luis Fortuño
20		José Luis Rivera[4]	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[5]	December 1, 2013	March 31, 2014	Alejandro García Padilla
24		Juan B. Rodríguez[6]	April 1, 2014	April 4, 2014	Alejandro García Padilla
25		José Caldero[7]	April 4, 2014	Present	Alejandro García Padilla

References

1. "Histroia De La Policia De Puerto Rico". Buenas Tareas. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
2. Ramón Bosque and Jose Javier Colon Morera, eds. (2006). Puerto Rico under colonial rule. State University of New York Press. p. 34. ISBN 0-7914-6417-2.
3. "Puerto Rico's police chief resigns as crime soars". Reuters. July 2, 2011.
4. Harold J. Leonard Navarr (July 3, 2011). "José Luis Rivera named interim police superintendent". Puerto Rico Daily Sun.
5. WOLE-DT (April 1, 2014). "Renuncia el superintendente James Tuller". WOLE-DT. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
6. Cordero, Gerardo (April 4, 2014). "José Caldero López es el nuevo superintendente de la Policía". Primera Hora. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
7. Santiago, Yaritza (April 6, 2014). "Confiado por su experiencia José Caldero". El Nuevo Día. Retrieved April 6, 2014.