Puerto Rico Bureau of Highway Patrol

Transito, Policía de Puerto Rico
Negociado de Patrullas de Carreteras P.P.R.
Common name Transito P.P.R.

Patch of the Puerto Rico Police
Agency overview
Formed 1923
Superseding agency Transit Bureau
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, USA
Size 5,324 square miles (13,790 km2)
Population 3,994,259 (2007 estimate)
Legal jurisdiction Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Cuartel General 101 Roosevelt Ave, West Hato Rey San Juan, Puerto Rico
Agency executive Jose Caldero, Superintendent
Parent agency Puerto Rico Police
Police Regions
Facilities
Transit Station / Expressway Stations
Patrol Cars Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
Dodge Charger
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

Transito, Policía de Puerto Rico (English: Transit, Puerto Rico Police), is a specialized unit of the Puerto Rico Police, and is responsible for implementing and monitoring oriented measures for the benefit of drivers and other users of public roads, highways and primary roads in Puerto Rico. It ensures that compliance with the law, traffic rules and regulations. The Bureau has the units of Expressway, Highway Patrol, Alcohol Unit, Radar and Photometric, Metro Rail police and an office to coordinate federal proposals to meet its mission also prepare all the statistics of fatal crashes and coordinates all public or private activity taking place on public roads in Puerto Rico.

See also

Highway patrol

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