Law Enforcement in Puerto Rico

Law Enforcement In Puerto Rico

The Puerto Rico Police (Policía de Puerto Rico), also known in Puerto Rico as La Uniformada ("The Uniformed One"), is the police force of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, with island-wide jurisdiction. The Puerto Rico Police is also one of two investigative arms of many of Puerto Rico's municipal police forces, the other one being the Puerto Rico Bureau of Special Investigations in the Puerto Rico Department of Justice.

The police force is organized into 13 police regions within the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Its headquarters are located at the Cuartel General (General Station House), 601 Franklin D. Roosevelt Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.