Puerto Rico Department of Public Safety

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Puerto Rico Department of Public Safety
Departamento de Seguridad Pública de Puerto Rico
Department overview
FormedApril 10, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-04-10)
Preceding department
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
HeadquartersSan Juan, Puerto Rico
Department executive
Key document
  • 20. 2017.
Websitewww.dsp.pr.gov

The Puerto Rico Department of Public Safety (PR DPS) (

Emergency Response agencies in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
. The department was formed on April 10, 2017, when then-Governor Ricardo Rosselló signed into law a bill to unify all safety agencies. All agencies are bureaus of the department.

Agencies overseen

The following agencies are under the umbrella organization of the department.[1] All of these agencies have their own director or commissioner:

The Puerto Rico Forensic Sciences Institute was part of the Department for three years until it once again became an independent agency.[2]

List of secretaries

  • 2017 - May 2019: Héctor Pesquera[3]
  • May 2019 - December 2019: Elmer Román[4]
  • December 2019 - January 2021: Pedro Janer
  • January 2021 - present: Alexis Torres[5]

References

  1. ^ Rivera Sánchez, Maricarmen (September 4, 2017). "Advirtieron el choque de poder en la Policía". El Vocero (in Spanish).
  2. ^ NotiUno.com. "Otorgan independencia al Negociado de Ciencias Forenses". UNO Radio Group. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  3. ^ "Héctor Pesquera sobre las cosas que no pudo hacer durante su gestión: "Such is life"". elnuevodia.com (in Spanish). April 26, 2019.
  4. ^ "Rosselló nombra a Elmer Román como sustituto de Pesquera". elvocero.com (in Spanish). April 9, 2019.
  5. ^ "Pedro Pierluisi designa a Alexis Torres como secretario del Departamento de Seguridad Pública". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). December 17, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2021.

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