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The Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP; Spanish: Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas) is the Executive Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that regulates transportation and public works in Puerto Rico. [1] [2] The agency's headquarters are located in San Juan. [3]
The department is an executive department of the Government of Puerto Rico. It was created in 1931 but only gained formal recognition when the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico was approved in 1952. Its first secretary was Prudencio Rivera. The incumbent is Carlos Saavedra Gutiérrez.
Law enforcement in Puerto Rico is one of three major components of the criminal justice system of Puerto Rico, along with courts and corrections.Although there exists an inherent interrelatedness between the different groups that make up the criminal justice system based on their crime deterrence purpose, each component operates independently from one another.
The Puerto Rico Department of Justice (PR DOJ) (Spanish: Departamento de Justicia de Puerto Rico) is the Executive Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico responsible for the enforcement of the local law in the commonwealth and the administration of justice. The Department is equivalent to the State Bureau of Investigation in many US states.
The Insular Police of Puerto Rico was created on February 21, 1899, under the command of Colonel Frank Techner (US Marine Corps officer during the Spanish–American War), [4] with an authorized strength of 313 sworn officers. [citation needed]
The secretary of transportation and public works of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Secretario de Transportación y Obras Públicas de Puerto Rico) leads the Department of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico and leads all efforts related to transportation and public works in Puerto Rico.
The Puerto Rico Police decided to create this group after Israeli athletes were killed and taken hostage at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, since Puerto Rico was close to holding the 1979 Pan American Games. [2] The division as well was created in 1986 under Executive Order 4645-B as the "United Forces of Rapid Action Corps.
The Puerto Rico Department of Public Safety (PR DPS) (Spanish: Departamento de Seguridad Pública de Puerto Rico) is the umbrella organization within the Executive branch of Puerto Rico that agglomerates the Puerto Rico Law Enforcement and Emergency Response agencies in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.