# Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police

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, and an ex officio member of the Commission on Safety and Public Protection as well. The superintendent is appointed by the governor of Puerto Rico with advice and consent from the Senate. Superintendents have also typically being simultaneously appointed as Commissioners of Safety and Public Protection due to the nature of their job and experience.
The rank of Superintendent has existed since 1952; Before that, from 1899 to 1956, the rank was known as Chief of the Puerto Rico Police.

## Chiefs of Police

| # | Name | Date it took office | Date it left office | Appointed by |
| 1 | Frank Techner | February 21, 1899 | May 1, 1900 | |
| 2 | Terrence Hamill | May 1, 1900 | | |
| 3 | William Stuz | | | |
| 4 | George R. Shanton | 1909 | 1922 | |
| 5 | William R. Rennett | | | |
| 6 | G.W. Lewis | 1923 | 1930 | |
| 7 | E. Francis Riggs | 1933 | 1936 | |
| 8 | Enrique Orbeta | | | |
| 9 | Antonio R. Silva | | | |
| 10 | Luis Ramirez Brau | | | |
| 11 | Joshua Jellinger | | | |
| 12 | Salvador T. Roig | 1946 | | Rexford Tugwell |

## Superintendents

| # | Name | Date it took office | Date it left office | Appointed by |
| 1 | Ramón Torres Braschi | 1956 | 1963 | Luis Muñoz Marín |
| 2 | Salvador T. Roig | 1963 | 1966 | Luis Muñoz Marín |
| 3 | Salvador Rodriguez Aponte | 1966 | 1968 | Roberto Sánchez Vilella |
| 4 | Luis Torres Massa | 1969 | 1972 | Luis A. Ferré |
| 5 | Astol Calero Toledo | | | |
| 6 | Luis Maldonado Trinidad | | | |
| 7 | Roberto Torres Gonzalez | | | Carlos Romero Barceló |
| 8 | Desiderio Cartagena Ortiz | | | Carlos Romero Barceló |
| 9 | Jorge Collazo Torres | | | |
| 10 | Andres Garcia Arache | | | Rafael Hernández Colón |
| 11 | Carlos J. Lopez Feliciano | 1985 | 1989 | Rafael Hernández Colón |
| 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 | January 2, 2009 | July 2, 2011 | Luis Fortuño |
| 20 | José Luis Rivera | 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 | December 1, 2013 | March 31, 2014 | Alejandro García Padilla |
| 24 | Juan B. Rodríguez | April 1, 2014 | April 4, 2014 | Alejandro García Padilla |
| 25 | José Caldero | April 4, 2014 | December 31, 2016 | Alejandro García Padilla |
| 26 | Michelle Hernandez Frailey | January 2, 2017 | January 8, 2018 | Ricardo Rosselló Nevarez |

## Commissioners

| # | Name | Date it took office | Date it left office | Appointed by |
| 1 | Michelle Hernandez Frailey | January 2, 2017 | January 8, 2018 | Ricardo Rosselló Nevarez |
| 2 | Henry Escalera | January 8, 2018 | December 31, 2020 | Ricardo Rosselló Nevarez |
| 3 | Antonio López Figueroa | April 6, 2021 | February 10, 2025 | Pedro Pierluisi |
| 4 | Joseph González Falcón | February 10, 2025 | Present | Jenniffer González |