| Héctor Pesquera | |
| Office1: | Secretary of Public Safety of Puerto Rico |
| Governor1: | Ricardo Rosselló |
| Successor1: | Elmer Román |
| Term Start1: | April 10, 2017 |
| Term End1: | April 30, 2019 |
| Office2: | Superintendent Puerto Rico Police |
| Governor2: | Luis Fortuño Alejandro García Padilla |
| Predecessor2: | Emilio Díaz Colón |
| Term Start2: | April 9, 2012 |
| Term End2: | November 30, 2013 |
| Office3: | Commissioner of Safety and Public Protection |
| Governor3: | Luis Fortuño Alejandro García Padilla |
| Predecessor3: | Emilio Díaz Colón |
| Term Start3: | April 9, 2012 |
| Term End3: | April 10, 2017 |
| Office4: | Assistant Director of Safety Affairs Port of Miami |
| Term Start4: | May 2008 |
| Term End4: | April 2012 |
| Office5: | Coordinator for Homeland Security Broward County Sheriff's Office |
| Term Start5: | December 2003 |
| Term End5: | May 2008 |
| Office6: | Special Agent in Charge FBI Miami Division |
| Term Start6: | February 1998 |
| Term End6: | December 2003 |
| Office7: | Special Agent in Charge FBI Puerto Rico Office |
| Term Start7: | December 1995 |
| Term End7: | February 1998 |
| Office8: | Special Agent FBI |
| Term Start8: | 1976 |
| Term End8: | 1995 |
| Birth Name: | Héctor M. Pesquera |
| Birth Place: | Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico |
| Birth Date: | December 30, 1946 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Puerto Rico (BBA) |
| Occupation: | FBI agent |
| Cabinet: | 15th Cabinet of Puerto Rico 16th Cabinet of Puerto Rico |
Héctor Pesquera is a former Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police and the Puerto Rico Commissioner of Safety and Public Protection. Graduated at Colegio San José High School. In 1968 he earned a bachelor's degree in business and financial administration from the University of Puerto Rico. On October 18, 1976, Pesquera was sworn in as Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Once he completed inicial training at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia he was assigned to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he worked in the organized crime, counterintelligence, and terrorism divisions. He was in charge of the SWAT program in San Juan during the 1979 Pan American Games. In July 1982, Pesquera was transferred to Tampa, Florida, where he worked on terrorism and international counterintelligence matters. In November 1984, Héctor Pesquera was assigned to FBI's headquarters in Washington D.C. to be in charge of the Cuban affairs program and was also assigned other responsibilities with all the countries of Central and South America.[1] Pesquera served for 27 years in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) until his retirement in 2003. He then served as Coordinator for the United States Department of Homeland Security at the Broward County Sheriff's Office from 2003 to 2008, and as Assistant Director of Safety Affairs of the Port of Miami from 2008 to 2012.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] In 2012, he was named chief of Puerto Rico's police.[7] In an interview with NPR in early 2013, Pesquera stated that Puerto Rico needed more help from the United States in its war against criminals, stating the proverbial "out of sight, out of mind" as it related to how people on the mainland seemed to be out of touch with the issues on the Island.[8] He resigned on November 30, 2013.[9]