Puerto Rico Bureau of Highway Patrol
| Transito, Policía de Puerto Rico Negociado de Patrullas de Carreteras P.P.R. | |
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| Common name | Transito P.P.R. |
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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 |
List
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| Facilities | |
| Transit Station / Expressway Stations |
List
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| 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.
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