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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 99 - Register of Metallic Materials in Stock (§§ 1101 — 1108) › § 1101 - Register

Any natural or juridical person, owner, representative, or person in charge of a workshop, store, lot or motor vehicle wholly or partially engaged in the business of selling, exchanging, depositing, collecting, storing, transporting or distributing copper, aluminum, tin, platinum, or lead wire or materials, or a mix or alloy thereof (hereinafter, metals) for the purpose of recycling, reselling, exporting, or reusing the same in any form or state in which they appear, shall record in a Register to be kept for five (5) years and in which it is required to include the following information:
(a) The name, address, and number of the official document used to identify the person from whom said metals were acquired, including the professional association membership number as provided in § 1101a of this title, as well as a copy of an identification in effect issued by the Commonwealth which bears a picture of said person. In case the person from whom metals are acquired lacks a photo identification, a picture of the person making the sale or delivering the metals shall be entered in the Register.
(b) The date and place of purchase of said metals.
(c) The license plate number of the motor vehicle in which said metals were delivered, and a description of the motor vehicle, make, model, color, and year.
(d) A legible and detailed description indicating the type of metal, whether wires, cables, ingots, rods, panels, sheets, posts, catalysts, or pipes, or any other object containing any components of such metals or that are used to provide public utility services.
(e) The detailed and verifiable information on the source of said metals including, but not limited to the street address of the place where they were obtained, and the name of the business or entity. This information shall be required from the seller or the person who delivers the same.
(f) The price paid per pound for each metal, the total amount paid, and the check number used to pay for such metals shall be also included. In these cases, a check shall be drawn to pay for the acquisition of such metals, since payment shall not be made in cash. Such check shall be drawn to the order of the person who makes the delivery, but never “cash”.
They shall also be, at all times, under the obligation of conspicuously and visibly displaying, to inform any person subject to the provisions of this chapter and the general public, the written, graphic, pictorial, electronic or otherwise devised advertisements or warnings furnished by the Puerto Rico Police, or by such person, if the Police does not have them available, which describe the different types of metals in their original state or altered or modified, as well as any other technical or legal information needed to ensure faithful compliance with this chapter.
History —June 3, 1982, No. 41, p. 85, § 1; Aug. 8, 2007, No. 105, § 1; Mar. 8, 2012, No. 53, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 99 - Register of Metallic Materials in Stock (§§ 1101 — 1108) › § 1101-1 - Business hours

Any natural or juridical person, owner, representative, or person in charge of a workshop, store, lot or motor vehicle wholly or partially engaged in the business of selling, exchanging, depositing, collecting, storing, transporting or distributing metals may only operate from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
History —June 3, 1982, No. 41, p. 85, added as § 1–A on Mar. 8, 2012, No. 53, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 99 - Register of Metallic Materials in Stock (§§ 1101 — 1108) › § 1101a - Accreditation and license

Any natural or juridical person who sells, exchanges, barters, deposits, resells, or intends to do business by any of these means, or any others, with metals, with any owner, representative or person in charge of a workshop, store, lot or vehicle of those specified in § 1101 of this title, shall present proof that he/she is the owner of the metal or that he/she is authorized by its owner or representative to conduct said business. Furthermore, he/she must be licensed as engineer, expert electrician, master plumber or refrigeration technician to be able to sell such material for reuse, resale, export, or recycling. Exceptions to this professional license requirement shall be granted in the case of aluminum cans or household materials; provided that, all other requirements established in § 1101 of this title are met.
History —June 3, 1982, No. 41, p. 85, added as § 2 on Aug. 8, 2007, No. 105, § 2; Mar. 8, 2012, No. 53, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 99 - Register of Metallic Materials in Stock (§§ 1101 — 1108) › § 1102 - Oversight by Police

(a) The Register required in § 1101 of this title shall be subject to inspection during business hours by any law enforcement officer who, in order to ascertain the accuracy of the information, may also inspect the place where the materials subject to registration are stored, deposited, or kept, and verify the information contained in the Register with the inventory.
(b) Every Monday on or before 4 p.m., any person covered by this chapter shall file a written report on his/her own with the local Police station of the municipality where his/her business or establishment is located on the operations he/she has entered in said Register for the week ending on the preceding Saturday. If the person covered by this chapter operates or conducts his/her business itinerantly, he/she must furnish any and all appropriate police stations in the places where such business was carried out, the information concerning the operations conducted in every municipality recorded in the Register. The information contained in the Register shall be kept for a period of five (5) years counted as of the date in which the report was filed with the police station of the places where the transactions with the metals were carried out.
(c) The Puerto Rico Police shall prepare a model form on which the information required shall be furnished. Such form shall be made available on its website to any person required to render said information.
(d) The Police shall designate one of its officers as Coordinator for the Inspection of the Recycling Centers who shall be responsible for the implementation of this chapter. This Coordinator shall also be responsible for ensuring that, regardless of the visits regularly made by Police officers to the recycling centers, said centers are inspected at least every six months. Furthermore, he/she shall coordinate the custody, oversight, and analysis of the reports required by this chapter, with the police stations that receive them.
History —June 3, 1982, No. 41, p. 85, § 2, renumbered as § 3 and amended on Aug. 8, 2007, No. 105, § 3; Mar. 8, 2012, No. 53, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 99 - Register of Metallic Materials in Stock (§§ 1101 — 1108) › § 1105 - Permitted inferences

It may be inferred that any person accused of an offense pursuant to this chapter had personal knowledge of the fact that the metals had been obtained unlawfully, under any of the following circumstances:
(a) When he/she failed to provide the name, address, and the official document used to identify the person from whom the metals were acquired or received or the date and place where said metals were purchased or the business was conducted.
(b) When he/she failed to provide the license plate number, or the description of the motor vehicle in which said metals were delivered, or the legible and detailed description thereof.
(c) When he/she failed to record the amount of metals acquired or to specify whether they are in the form of wires, cables, ingots, rods, panels, sheets, posts, catalysts, or pipes, or any other object containing any of such metals or that are used to provide public utility services.
(d) When the price paid for the metals acquired was absurdly low or the conditions for payment are so advantageous or fixed in such circumstances that the acquirer must reasonably conclude that the metals were obtained unlawfully.
(e) When the seller of the metals, or the person delivering the same, was a minor and his/her parents, tutors or guardians have not given their consent for the conducted business.
(f) When the accused was reasonably expected to know that the metals were acquired unlawfully based on his/her knowledge, experience, profession, work or trade.
(g) When the acquisition of such metals was carried out outside of the business hours established by this chapter or in a place or establishment, or from a person acting as a merchant and neither is authorized by this chapter, or if the parties to the conducted business were not duly identified and the requirements of this chapter were not met.
(h) When the metals were obtained from a person who was or had been involved in criminal activities and the circumstances in which they were acquired should have caused a prudent and reasonable person to believe that the property in question had been acquired unlawfully.
(i) When the metals are found in the possession and under the control of a person unable to prove that he/she had the right to have them; or when they have been reported missing, stolen, unlawfully appropriated or taken obtained illegally from the person to whom they belong.
(j) When the metals show modifications or alterations in their external protective cover or in their internal elements or would otherwise make it difficult or impossible to identify their original owner, origin, legitimacy or manufacturer.
History —June 3, 1982, No. 41, p. 85, added as § 5 on Aug. 8, 2007, No. 105, § 6; Mar. 8, 2012, No. 53, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 99 - Register of Metallic Materials in Stock (§§ 1101 — 1108) › § 1106 - Additional faculties

For the purposes of this chapter, the Puerto Rico Police is authorized and directed, without prejudice to any other authority which other legislation may have granted, to:
(1) Inspect, during working hours, the Book or Register required by § 1101 of this title. Provided, That the Puerto Rico Police shall prepare and furnish a form for obtaining the information required from the persons who are bound to submit the same.
(2) Inspect and investigate any depository or facility for storing metals subject to registration or any other vehicle in which metals are stored, concealed, retained or transported, to ascertain the accuracy of the Registry and ensure compliance with the obligation of posting the advertisements and legal warnings required under this chapter regarding the types of metals in their original and modified state, to be conspicuously and visibly displayed at all times.
(3) Seize metals, if the person who possesses or claims to own the same is unable to provide proof of ownership, as provided in the Uniform Seizures Act, §§ 1723 et seq. of Title 34. The Police may seize for investigation for a term of thirty (30) days. Provided however that the notice of seizure to the person or persons with interest in the property seized shall be given within (40) days counted as of the last day of seizure for investigation that, in the case of metals unlawfully taken, stolen or missing, the actual owner thereof shall be notified, if his/her identity is known, after taking reasonable steps. Provided further that, in case ownership of the claimed property is duly justified, the seizure shall be disregarded and the property shall be returned to the owner as soon as it is no longer needed for the criminal proceeding that may be pending. The seizure process herein established shall be deemed to be an action in rem and not be subject to the results of the criminal action. The Police shall dispose of the metals as acquired property once the criminal action concludes.
(4) Obtain from public and private corporations, municipalities and other interested natural or juridical persons, the technical and expert advice and the materials needed to enforce the advertisements and warnings ordered in this chapter.
(5) Keep statistics of metal theft complaints filed under this chapter, including the clearing up thereof by Police Regions.
(6) Conduct any investigation or task in connection with the provisions, ends, and purposes of this chapter.
History —June 3, 1982, No. 41, p. 85, added as § 6 on Aug. 8, 2007, No. 105, § 7; Mar. 8, 2012, No. 53, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 99 - Register of Metallic Materials in Stock (§§ 1101 — 1108) › § 1107 - Saving clause

None of the provisions of this chapter shall prevent, in applicable cases, the indictment and conviction for the crime of sabotage to essential services typified in § 4874 of Title 33, part of the act better known as the “Penal Code of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”.
History —June 3, 1982, No. 41, p. 85, added as § 7 on Aug. 8, 2007, No. 105, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 99 - Register of Metallic Materials in Stock (§§ 1101 — 1108) › § 1108 - Prohibition

The purchase of material for recycling is hereby prohibited when it is not in its original state. If these are cables, their cover must not be melted or burnt. In order to recycle burnt products, not only must their source and the identity of the seller be accredited, but the purchaser must provide evidence as to how the material was destroyed and arrived in the state in which it was received. Should there be no accreditation as to this type of material indicating that it is not in its original state, it shall be reasonably inferred that the same was obtained and processed unlawfully for the purpose of the penalties set forth in this chapter.
The sale, barter, deposit, collection, storage, transportation, distribution, or any other kind of exchange of copper, aluminum, tin or lead wires or materials, or mix thereof, that do not have an external protective cover, which identifies and guarantees its source and lawfulness, is hereby prohibited.
Furthermore, it is hereby prohibited that any person or establishment covered under this chapter receives or stores dismantled or crashed vehicles or the parts thereof, whether ferrous or non-ferrous materials, and batteries, unless all the provisions of §§ 971 et seq. of Title 10, known as the “Junkyard Act” are complied with.
History —June 3, 1982, No. 41, p. 85, added as § 8 on Aug. 8, 2007, No. 105, § 10; Mar. 8, 2012, No. 53, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 101 - Fingerprints and Photographs of Persons Charged with Felonies (§§ 1151 — 1155) › § 1151 - Authorization

The Police Superintendent, the Director of the Special Investigations Bureau of the Department of Justice, or any person authorized by them, or any person empowered by law to such effects, shall fingerprint and photograph any person who, after a determination of probable cause for an arrest is made, is charged with committing a felony.
History —June 1, 1983, No. 45, p. 79, § 1; Apr. 27, 1984, No. 8, p. 20.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 101 - Fingerprints and Photographs of Persons Charged with Felonies (§§ 1151 — 1155) › § 1152 - Refusal—Penalties

Any person charged with committing a felony, who refuses to be fingerprinted or photographed, or who fails to or refuses to appear for such purpose, will be punished by a term of imprisonment which shall not exceed six months, or a fine which shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or both penalties, in the discretion of the court. In every case in which there is a refusal to be fingerprinted or photographed, or in which the person charged fails to or refuses to appear for such purpose, a written statement shall be made and signed by the Superintendent or his authorized agent, or any person empowered by law to such effects, and the person charged, or his legal counsel, stating that no fingerprints were taken, and indicating the reasons, if any, that caused the refusal.
History —June 1, 1983, No. 45, p. 79, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 101 - Fingerprints and Photographs of Persons Charged with Felonies (§§ 1151 — 1155) › § 1153 - Refusal—Assistance from Court of First Instance

When a person charged with committing a felony refuses to be fingerprinted or photographed, or fails to, or refuses to appear for such purpose, the Police Superintendent, the Director of the Special Investigations Bureau of the Department of Justice, or their authorized agent, or any person empowered by law to such effects, may petition the Court of First Instance for assistance to require said person to allow himself to be fingerprinted or photographed, or to appear for such purpose. After filing the petition before the Court of First Instance, [the court] shall issue a summons directing the person to allow his fingerprints or photograph to be taken, or to appear for such purpose. Any disobedience of the summons issued by the court shall be punishable as contempt of court.
History —June 1, 1983, No. 45, p. 79, § 3; Apr. 27, 1984, No. 8, p. 20.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 101 - Fingerprints and Photographs of Persons Charged with Felonies (§§ 1151 — 1155) › § 1154 - Acquittal of person charged; return of records

Any person charged with the commission of a felony or a misdemeanor as a result of the same transaction or event, who is acquitted after the corresponding trial, or by order or resolution of the court, or any person who receives a full and absolute pardon by the Governor, may petition the court for the return of the fingerprints or photographs. The petitioner shall notify the prosecutor’s office, and if he has not filed any objection within a term of ten days, the court may direct that they be returned, without a hearing. If the prosecutor’s office objects, the court shall set a public hearing to such effects.
History —June 1, 1983, No. 45, p. 79, § 4; Nov. 22, 1989, No. 4, p. 547, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 101 - Fingerprints and Photographs of Persons Charged with Felonies (§§ 1151 — 1155) › § 1155 - Regulations

The Police Superintendent, the Director of the Special Investigations Bureau of the Department of Justice, and any other person empowered by law to take fingerprints or photographs, shall establish, by regulations, the procedure that shall be used to take the fingerprints or photographs.
History —June 1, 1983, No. 45, p. 79, § 5; Apr. 27, 1984, No. 8, p. 20.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 103 - Public Impact Activity Planning and Coordination Act (§§ 1181 — 1189) › § 1181 - Objectives

The following shall be the primary objectives of this chapter:
(a) In keeping with the legal and constitutional framework and through coordination with the participating organizations, the general aspects shall be established as to the manner in which public impact activities shall be carried out in Puerto Rico.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 366, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 103 - Public Impact Activity Planning and Coordination Act (§§ 1181 — 1189) › § 1182 - Definitions

(a) Public impact activities.— Any march, demonstration, concentration of people, or protest conducted by organizations, groups, or individuals, whose finality is to express their position or opinion on matters of public interest and which is carried out on a public thoroughfare.
(b) Main public thoroughfares.— The term shall be understood to include the following specific thoroughfares: Baldorioty de Castro Expressway; Luis A. Ferré Highway; Las Américas Expressway; and De Diego Expressway.
(c) Public thoroughfare.— The term shall be understood to include the expressways and highways that are a part of the thoroughfare network of Puerto Rico.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 366, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 103 - Public Impact Activity Planning and Coordination Act (§§ 1181 — 1189) › § 1183 - Interagency Committee—Creation

An Interagency Committee is hereby created, with the main function of coordinating matters related to the implementation of this chapter. The same shall be chaired by the Puerto Rico Police Superintendent and shall be composed by the Executive Director of the Roads Authority, the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Public Works, the President of the Public Service Commission, and the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Human Resources. It shall be understood that the heads of the government entities included in this Committee may be represented by persons duly authorized by them to discharge the functions and responsibilities conferred in this chapter and to act or make statements on their behalf. Provided, That the Committee shall have the authority to determine, through regulations adopted to that effect, the demonstrations that due to their nature, severity or implications deserve not to be delegated, but to be handled by the very head of the agency or dependency which is a part of the said Committee.
In addition to executing what is established in this chapter, said Committee shall have the function of meeting periodically with the organizations, groups or persons that are to participate in the demonstration, at their request, in order to address any issues that may be resolved administratively, in order to eliminate the need to carry out the public impact activity, as defined in § 1182 of this title.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 366, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 103 - Public Impact Activity Planning and Coordination Act (§§ 1181 — 1189) › § 1185 - Duties and responsibilities of groups or persons

Any person or group who intends to conduct a public impact activity shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
(a) To notify within a reasonable period, not to be greater than 36 hours in advance of the event, the intent to conduct the activity, event or demonstration, subject to the non-applicability of the exceptions established in this chapter; it being understood as an exception that the preceding restriction shall not apply when the event or situation which motivates the demonstration arises within the immediacies of the event in question or at a time before the thirty-six (36) hours that precede the demonstration. In these cases, the duty to notify shall be performed within a prudent and reasonable period, not to be less than twenty-four (24) hours, so as to allow for the activity to be coordinated with sufficient time in advance in order to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
(b) To provide information on the nature and scope of the activity as to the number of people expected to attend, time and duration of the activity, activity starting and ending points in geographic terms, security plans, or other contingency measures. By no means shall said information include data or aspects regarding strategies, plans, subjects or objectives devised by the participating person or group; these shall be their exclusive property and shall not be subject to the duty to notify established in this chapter.
(c) To cooperate with the agencies concerned in the adoption of contingency and security measures in order to allow for the orderly and reasonable conduction of the activity being held, so long as these do not undermine the constitutional right to freedom of speech and free association to which protects demonstrating persons and groups.
(d) To take the corresponding actions in order for the people participating in the demonstration to abide by the criteria and demands set forth in this chapter and by the coordination adopted pursuant thereto so as to allow for its enforcement in an orderly and efficient manner.
(e) To cooperate with the Committee before holding the activity in order to formalize a coordinated plan to facilitate the conduction of the activity, event, or demonstration without interfering unreasonably with the stability, mobility or safety of the people or groups not participating in the activity.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 366, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 103 - Public Impact Activity Planning and Coordination Act (§§ 1181 — 1189) › § 1186 - Citizen Information Program

The Committee created hereunder is hereby directed to institute a citizen information program, to be employed as a mechanism to diffuse reasonably in advance, the contingency plans put into effect on occasion of the holding of public impact activities. The press media and any other mechanism shall be used to keep citizens informed on the nature of the activity to be held, the time and duration of the same, and other relevant details in order to allow citizens to take cautionary measures regarding the activity to be conducted. The Interagency Committee may use the press media or public service slots in the press media as a mechanism to diffuse citizen information programs. To this effect, it shall be understood that the agencies participating in the Interagency Committee shall undertake initiatives and set aside resources in order to enable compliance with this provision.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 366, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 103 - Public Impact Activity Planning and Coordination Act (§§ 1181 — 1189) › § 1187 - Penalties

The Puerto Rico Police is hereby empowered to impose an initial administrative fine of not more and not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) on any natural or juridical person who fails to comply with the duties established in § 1185 of this title. On subsequent occasions, a fine shall be imposed, to be greater than two hundred fifty dollars ($250), but not greater than five hundred dollars ($500). Provided, further, That the amount of the fine imposed shall be proportionate to the damages or injuries caused to the interest legally protected under this chapter, i. e. the safety or mobility of the people not participating in the demonstration and the interest of the Commonwealth in having demonstrations conducted within reason, stability and safety.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 366, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 103 - Public Impact Activity Planning and Coordination Act (§§ 1181 — 1189) › § 1188 - Review

Reviews of actions taken hereunder shall be conducted pursuant to the mechanisms provided for in §§ 5001 et seq. of Title 9, better known as the “Puerto Rico Vehicle and Traffic Act”.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 366, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 103 - Public Impact Activity Planning and Coordination Act (§§ 1181 — 1189) › § 1189 - Confidentiality

It is hereby provided that the information in custody of the Committee in compliance with this mandate shall be meticulously and exclusively reserved by this entity for the purposes and objectives of this chapter, and the same may not be shared or disclosed for purposes other than those set forth in this chapter, nor may it be shared with government or private officials or entities not directly involved in the application of the duties and responsibilities contained in this decree.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 366, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 105 - Act to Authorize the Transfer of Retired Police K-9s (§§ 1211 — 1214) › § 1211 - Definitions

For the exclusive purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings expressed hereinbelow:
(a) Dogs or canines.— Means the dogs in the Police K-9 Division of the Puerto Rico Police.
(b) Dog handler.— Means the members of the Puerto Rico Police that train canines.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 461, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 105 - Act to Authorize the Transfer of Retired Police K-9s (§§ 1211 — 1214) › § 1212 - Transfer—Authorization

The transfer of the dogs in the K-9 Division of the Puerto Rico Police to their handlers is hereby authorized and approved under the following particular circumstances:
(a) Upon the dog handler’s retirement for years of service from the Puerto Rico Police.
(b) When the canine is retired from its tasks, according to the parameters established in the corresponding regulations.
The transfer of the canine shall be for the nominal fee of one dollar ($1.00), payable to the Puerto Rico Police.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 461, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 105 - Act to Authorize the Transfer of Retired Police K-9s (§§ 1211 — 1214) › § 1213 - Transfer—Request

The Puerto Rico Police shall create the necessary regulations to implement this chapter, including in the same all details concerning these transfers. The canine’s handler shall comply with all the requirements for the transfer that are established in the regulations. The transfer request shall be made directly to the canine unit and the General Services Administration, which shall forward it to the Police Superintendent for approval.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 461, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 105 - Act to Authorize the Transfer of Retired Police K-9s (§§ 1211 — 1214) › § 1214 - Restrictions

(a) The handler of the canine shall present all the necessary evidence that is established by regulations that while serving in the force the canine was under his/her training and care.
(b) The Puerto Rico Police may deny the transfer by presenting evidence in this regard.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 461, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 191 - 9-1-1 Service (§§ 1911 — 1919) › § 1911 - Definitions

The following terms shall have the meaning indicated below, unless another meaning can be clearly construed from the context:
(a) Public safety agency.— Those agencies that offer services through the 9-1-1 emergency telephone number, including the Puerto Rico Police Department, the Puerto Rico Firefighters Corps, the Commonwealth Emergency Management and Disaster Administration Agency, the Department of the Family, the Medical Emergencies Corps of Puerto Rico, and any other Municipal Medical Emergency Program that voluntarily chooses to be considered as such and complies with the applicable laws and regulations.
(b) Public safety agent.— An official from any public safety agency that offers services through the 9-1-1 emergency telephone number.
(c) Participating agency.— Any government agency the executives of which constitute the Governing Board of the 9-1-1 Service.
(d) Board.— Is hereby understood to be the Governing Board of the 9-1-1 Service created in this chapter.
(e) Call Center.— It is understood to be the site where personnel, as well as telephone and information equipment are located and where 9-1-1 calls are directed for primary response and analysis of the nature of the emergency before said call is transferred to a public safety agency for the dispatch of service units. It is also the location where 3-1-1 Citizen Service Center calls are received and redirected to the appropriate agencies or instrumentalities.
(f) Call-answering center.— Refers to the site, within the public safety agencies’ jurisdiction, to which the Call-Receiving Center transfers the 9-1-1 calls with the pertinent information about the telephone number originating the call and its location, once the nature of the emergency and the agencies that shall assume the control of the calls for their attention and response are determined.
History —Dec. 22, 1994, No. 144, § 2; Aug. 3, 1995, No. 108, § 1; Jan. 5, 2002, No. 18, § 1; Jan. 8, 2004, No. 9, § 1; Oct. 7, 2009, No. 109, § 1; July 12, 2011, No. 126, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 191 - 9-1-1 Service (§§ 1911 — 1919) › § 1914 - Provisions on the telephone subscribers charges

(a) The 9-1-1 Service Governing Board, in the exercise of the faculties granted thereto by this chapter, shall establish the fees it deems justified to defray the costs of equipment and facilities required from participating agencies or instrumentalities for the rendering and direct administration of 9-1-1 and 3-1-1 Services. Fees shall be set from time to time at the Board’s discretion and they shall be effective for at least one (1) year.
(b) The 9-1-1 Services charges shall be made against the lines installed to the telephone subscribers in a uniform manner within each subscribers’ classification, as part of the monthly charges to be billed. The 9-1-1 emergency calls shall not bring about individual charges for the use of telephone facilities for such purpose.
(c) In determining charges, the Board shall take into account the expenses budgeted and projected for the following two years and shall try to provide income to defray said expenses, plus a reasonable reserve for contingencies, expansion of service and the replacement of unusable and obsolete equipment.
(d) The basic charge for the 9-1-1 Service main telephone line shall not initially exceed, fifty cents ($0.50) a month for residential subscribers, nonprofit and religious organizations; nor one dollar ($1.00) a month for commercial, professional and government subscribers. These charges shall take effect once the necessary regulations are approved. Provided, That the service charges shall commence when the 9-1-1 Service has been completely operational for at least sixty (60) days in each area, including the basic rolling equipment to respond to the calls by public safety agencies, and if the Board does so provide, the call recording equipment and the procedures to safeguard the confidentiality thereof and the constitutional rights of the citizens, shall be included. In all cases, the telephone subscribers shall be informed at least thirty (30) days in advance of the effectiveness thereof.
(e) The charge for 9-1-1 Services shall be identified separately on each telephone service bill, if the Board contracts such billing services from certain telephone companies.
(f) The telephone company shall collect the charges for the 9-1-1 Service, and shall deposit them in the account determined by the Board’s regulations, within a period of not more than thirty (30) days after the payment was made by the subscriber. The telephone company shall keep a file of billing, payments and records of deposits of said charges, for the term determined by the Board by regulations. The Board shall reimburse the net cost of billing and collection of charges to the telephone companies, without exceeding what is provided in this chapter.
History —Dec. 22, 1994, No. 144, § 5; Aug. 3, 1995, No. 108, § 4; July 12, 2011, No. 126, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 191 - 9-1-1 Service (§§ 1911 — 1919) › § 1915 - Distribution and use of the funds collected for cCharges to telephone subscribers

(a) The Board’s income from telephone fees shall be used exclusively to defray or reimburse the expenses directly attributed to receiving and responding to emergency and citizen service request calls, dispatching and rendering of first response services in emergencies, and responding to or addressing service requests, and managing said emergencies and citizen service requests.
(b) The funds collected from charges to telephone subscribers shall be distributed as established by the Board through regulations, without exceeding the following limits for the first two (2) fiscal years:
(1) Billing cost and collection of charges by the telephone companies: No more than 2% (2) Reserve for contigencies: No more than 15% (3) Reserve for expansion of services and replacement of equipment and systems: No less than 10% (4) Board administration and joint operating expenses of public safety agencies, including the 9-1-1 call-receiving centers: No more than 33% (5) Individual expenses typical of security agencies in responding to calls via 9-1-1. This item shall be distributed among the public safety agencies in proportion to the number of calls handled by each one, except when the Board members, by consensus, authorize exceptions in order to resolve special needs of one or more agencies: No less than 40%
(c) In its discretion, the Board may reimburse the percentage it deems justified from the direct salaries of the personnel appointed by the public safety agencies for the direct assistance of the 9-1-1 users, as well as the operating and the maintenance costs of the systems and equipment required by the agencies to render the service required by the Board.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for Fiscal Year 2014-2015, the sum of twelve million dollars ($12,000,000) shall be transferred from the funds collected from charges imposed on telephone subscribers or any other income received by the Board on other accounts to the Legal Liability Fund. Said transfer shall be made on or before five (5) days have elapsed from the approval of this act.
History —Dec. 22, 1994, No. 144, § 6, eff. 30 days after Dec. 22, 1994; July 12, 2011, No. 126, § 5; July 1, 2014, No. 78, § 18.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 191 - 9-1-1 Service (§§ 1911 — 1919) › § 1916 - Other income

The Board is empowered to use in the way it deems is most convenient and practical, the income received from other sources such as, but without being limited to grants, gifts, special activities and the sale of surplus or obsolete equipment.
History —Dec. 22, 1994, No. 144, § 7, eff. 30 days after Dec. 22, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 191 - 9-1-1 Service (§§ 1911 — 1919) › § 1918 - Recording of 9-1-1 service calls

The tracking, caller identification, and recording of all calls made to the 9-1-1 Service are hereby expressly authorized in order to promptly and efficiently address the emergencies of the citizens of Puerto Rico. Such recordings shall be used for any legitimate purpose consistent with the laws in effect, and shall be admissible evidence in any court for any civil or criminal proceeding. The Board shall establish the technical mechanisms needed to implement the provisions of this section.
Making a 9-1-1 call shall constitute and be understood as a waiver and express consent from the caller to the tracking, caller identification, and recording of such call, and to the use thereof to efficiently respond to the emergency that prompted said call and to fulfill the purpose of sound 9-1-1 Service operations.
History —Dec. 22, 1994, No. 144, § 9; Aug. 12, 1998, No. 230, § 1; Dec. 30, 2010, No. 226, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 191 - 9-1-1 Service (§§ 1911 — 1919) › § 1919 - Equipment and systems to respond and render services

(a) The Board shall provide the equipment, services and systems, as well as their maintenance, that the public safety agencies may require for the proper handling of calls and rendering help to the citizens, in the measure and proportion of costs determined by consensus, by regulations or individual consideration of each particular case. To such ends, the Board shall determine the ability of the agency, within its regular budget, to participate in financing the acquisition and maintenance of services, equipment or systems contemplated, and shall present to the concerned agency its financial aid proposal.
(b) It shall be the responsibility of each public safety agency to operate and keep in good operating condition the systems and equipment the Board assigns, leases, gives or expedites their implementation, for the compliance of their missions within the 9-1-1 Service.
(c) The Board shall have the faculty to inspect or audit the systems, equipment and facilities that it supplies, or helps to supply, to the public safety agencies directly or indirectly in order to ensure the best use thereof.
History —Dec. 22, 1994, No. 144, § 10, eff. 30 days after Dec. 22, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 193 - Fajardo Area Headquarters (§§ 1951 — 1955) › § 1951 - Creation

A Fajardo Area Headquarters is hereby created within the Puerto Rico Police, which shall have its seat in Fajardo and shall comprise the municipalities of Luquillo, Fajardo, Ceiba, Culebra, Vieques and Río Grande.
History —Sept. 6, 1997, No. 113, § 1; Aug. 17, 1999, No. 267, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 193 - Fajardo Area Headquarters (§§ 1951 — 1955) › § 1952 - Segregation of municipalities

The municipalities of Luquillo, Fajardo, Ceiba, Culebra and Vieques are hereby segregated from the Humacao Area Headquarters in order to become part of the Fajardo Headquarters, created by this chapter.
The municipality of Río Grande is hereby segregated from the Carolina Area Police Headquarters in order for it to become part of the Fajardo Headquarters, created by this chapter.
History —Sept. 6, 1997, No. 113, § 2; Aug. 17, 1999, No. 267, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 193 - Fajardo Area Headquarters (§§ 1951 — 1955) › § 1953 - Command of area

The Fajardo Area shall be headed by an Area Commander, appointed by the Superintendent, and shall answer directly to the Deputy Superintendent for Field Operations.
History —Sept. 6, 1997, No. 113, § 3; Aug. 17, 1999, No. 267, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 193 - Fajardo Area Headquarters (§§ 1951 — 1955) › § 1954 - Units

The following units shall integrate the area:
(1) Surveillance and patrolling:
(a) Administration Division.
(b) Traffic Patrol Division.
(c) Administrative Investigations Division.
(d) Supplies Division.
(e) Community Relations Division.
(f) Police Athletic League Division.
(g) Maritime Surveillance Division.
(h) Transportation Division.
(i) Tourist Zone.
(2) Criminal Investigations Bureau.
(3) Shooting Range.
History —Sept. 6, 1997, No. 113, § 4; Aug. 17, 1999, No. 267, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 193 - Fajardo Area Headquarters (§§ 1951 — 1955) › § 1955 - Special provisions

(1) The Area Commander designated to direct it shall structure the internal organization in terms of personnel resources, equipment and other facilities for the efficient administration of the area.
(2) The Superintendent shall transfer personnel, equipment, materials, and vehicles in proportion to the demarcations and districts transferred.
(3) The Deputy Superintendent in Administrative Services shall coordinate the establishment of the radio-communications facilities with the Area Commanders.
(4) The Director of the Document Administration Division shall have the responsibility of distributing the mail according to this new organization.
History —Sept. 6, 1997, No. 113, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART VIII - Police of Puerto Rico (§§ 1001-1029 — 1973) › Chapter 194 - Puerto Rico Police Technological, Professional, and Labor Development Act (§§ 1961 — 1973) › § 1961 - Creation and purpose

The “Puerto Rico Police Technological, Professional, and Labor Development Fund”, hereinafter the “Fund”, is hereby created. The Fund is hereby established for the purpose of providing the Puerto Rico Police with complementary mechanisms and resources to fulfill their daily duties using the tools provided by the latest technological innovations in the fields of public safety, criminal investigation, training and professional skill building.
History —Aug. 26, 2014, No. 140, § 2, eff. 90 days after Aug. 26, 2014.