Emilio Díaz Colón Major General Emilio Díaz Colón ( born c . 1950 ) , is a former United States National Guard officer who served as the Adjutant General of the Puerto Rican National Guard . In 2011 , he became the first member of the PRNG to be named Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police Department . Early years . Díaz Colón is the oldest of three siblings born to Emilio Díaz Lebron and Margarita Colón in the town of Yabucoa , Puerto Rico . His father was the head foreman of the Central Roig sugar cane plantation . The Central Roig was one of the last mills that produced sugar in Puerto Rico . Díaz Colón was raised in his hometown where he received his primary and secondary education . Díaz Colón ' s brother Luis F . " Pickie " Díaz Colón , former Head of the National Parks Company , was once the Mayor of their hometown Yabucoa . In 1968 , Díaz Colón joined the Army National Guard ( ARNG ) as an enlisted soldier in an engineer company , while at the same time he was enrolled and attended classes at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez . In 1971 , Díaz Colón earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Civil Engineering . Military career . Díaz Colón was selected to attend the Warrant Officer program at the Warrant Officer Candidate School , which is administered by the Warrant Officer Career College at Fort Rucker , Alabama . Upon his graduation in February 4 , 1975 , he was promoted to the rank of Warrant Officer One ( WO1 ) . He was then assigned to the HHC 130th Engineer Battalion at Vega Baja , Puerto Rico where he served as Utilities Maintenance Technician . On August 3 , 1976 , he was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant and assigned as Engineering Officer for the same Battalion . From January 1977 to August 1979 , Díaz Colón served with Company D 130th Engineer Battalion at Carolina , Puerto Rico in the positions of Engineer Platoon Leadera and Company Executive Officer . After his promotion to the rank of Captain he was named Company Commander . On August 1979 , he was reassigned to the 892d Engineer Company at Humacao , Puerto Rico as Company Commander and in September 1979 , he was the Assistant S - 3 of the Command and Control at PRNG Headquarters in San Juan , Puerto Rico . He served there until October 1979 , when he returned to the 130th Engineer Battalion as Battalion Executive Officer . Government positions . In 1978 , the Governor of Puerto Rico , Carlos Romero Barcelo appointed Díaz Colón to the position of Executive Director of the Authority of Solid Wastes in Puerto Rico . He served in this position until 1981 . In that year , he was named Director of the Commissioners Office of Municipal Matters . He served in this position until 1985 , all the while in 1982 , he was promoted to the rank of Major and in 1983 , he attended the Command and General Staff College . During the years that he served in the Commissioners Office , the Puerto Rico National Guard named Díaz Colón Battalion Commander of the 130th Engineer Battalion . From 1985 to 1990 , Díaz - Colón was given a Federal position when he was placed in charge of the Housing Urban Development ( HUD ) in the Caribbean . Adjutant General , Puerto Rico National Guard . From August 1985 to June 1992 , Díaz Colón served with the 101st Troop Command at Headquarters , State Area Command , San Juan , Puerto Rico . On July 24 , 1987 , he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and during the years in which he served at Headquarters , he served in various positions including that of Executive Officer . On July 23 , 1992 , Díaz Colón was promoted to the rank of Colonel in the Regular Army and on December 22 , of the same year he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General . On January 1993 , he was named the Adjutant General of the Puerto Rico National Guard . As Adjutant General , he was the Governor ’ s senior military adviser and oversaw both state and federal missions of the Puerto Rico National Guard . He also provided effective leadership and management in the implementation of all programs and policies affecting more than 11 , 100 Puerto Rico National Guard citizens - soldiers . Díaz Colón was promoted to Major General ( Line ) on November 18 , 1993 and continued as the head of the Puerto Rico National Guard until his retirement in 2001 . Superintendent of the Police of Puerto Rico . On July 2011 , Luis Fortuño , the Governor of Puerto Rico , named Díaz Colón for the position of Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police Department . He thus became the first person who was a former Adjutant General of the Puerto Rico National Guard to be named to that position . Díaz Colón entered the Police Department in the middle of a record - breaking year in murders in Puerto Rico , and has received harsh criticisms ever since from various sectors . On March 28 , 2012 , after only 9 months on the job , Díaz Colón resigned as Superintendent . Military decorations and awards . Among Major General Díaz Colón ' s military decorations and awards are the following : Puerto Rico National Guard decorations