| Post: | Superintendent |
| Body: | the Puerto Rico Police |
| Department: | Puerto Rico Police |
| Nominator: | Governor of Puerto Rico |
| Appointer: | Governor of Puerto Ricowith the advice and consent from the Senate |
| Preceding1: | Chief of the Puerto Rico Police |
| Formation: | 1956 |
| Reports To: | Commissioner of Safety and Public Protection |
| Term Length: | 4 years |
| Abolished: | April 10, 2017 |
| Succession: | Commissioner of the Puerto Rico Police |
The Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police (Spanish; Castilian: Superintendente de la Policía de Puerto Rico) is the highest-ranking officer, administrator, and director of the Puerto Rico Police, and an ex officio member of the Commission on Safety and Public Protection as well. The superintendent is appointed by the governor of Puerto Rico with advice and consent from the Senate. Superintendents have also typically being simultaneously appointed as Commissioners of Safety and Public Protection due to the nature of their job and experience.
The rank of Superintendent has existed since 1952; Before that, from 1899 to 1956, the rank was known as Chief of the Puerto Rico Police.
| Portrait | Name | Date it took office | Date it left office | Appointed by | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Techner[1] | February 21, 1899 | May 1, 1900 | |||
| 2 | Terrence Hamill | May 1, 1900 | ||||
| 3 | William Stuz | |||||
| 4 | George R. Shanton[2] | 1909 | 1922 | |||
| 5 | William R. Rennett | |||||
| 6 | G.W. Lewis | 1923 | 1930 | |||
| 7 | E. Francis Riggs | 1933 | 1936 | |||
| 8 | Enrique Orbeta | |||||
| 9 | Antonio R. Silva | |||||
| 10 | Luis Ramirez Brau | |||||
| 11 | Joshua Jellinger | |||||
| 12 | Salvador T. Roig | 1946 | Rexford Tugwell |
| Portrait | Name | Date it took office | Date it left office | Appointed by | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramón Torres Braschi | 1956 | 1963 | Luis Muñoz Marín | ||
| 2 | Salvador T. Roig | 1963 | 1966 | Luis Muñoz Marín | ||
| 3 | Salvador Rodriguez Aponte | |||||
| 4 | Luis Torres Maso | |||||
| 5 | Astol Calero Toledo | |||||
| 6 | Luis Maldonado Trinidad | |||||
| 7 | Roberto Torres Gonzalez | |||||
| 8 | Desiderio Cartagena Ortiz | |||||
| 9 | Jorge Collazo Torres | |||||
| 10 | Andres Garcia Arache | |||||
| 11 | Carlos J. Lopez Feliciano | 1985 | 1989 | Rafael Hernández Colón | ||
| 12 | Ismael Betancourt Lebron | 1989 | 1992 | Rafael Hernández Colón | ||
| 13 | Pedro Toledo Davila | January 2, 1993 | January 1, 2001 | Pedro Rosselló | ||
| 14 | Pierre Vivoni Del Valle | January 2, 2001 | May 13, 2002 | Sila María Calderón | ||
| 15 | Miguel Pereira Castillo | May 14, 2002 | November 1, 2003 | Sila María Calderón | ||
| 16 | Victor Rivera Gonzalez | November 2, 2002 | March 2003 | Sila María Calderón | ||
| 17 | Agustin Cartagena Diaz | March 2003 | January 1, 2005 | Sila María Calderón | ||
| 18 | Pedro Toledo | January 2, 2005 | January 1, 2009 | Aníbal Acevedo Vilá | ||
| 19 | Jose Figueroa Sancha[3] | January 2, 2009 | July 2, 2011 | Luis Fortuño | ||
| 20 | José Luis Rivera[4] | July 3, 2011 | July 6, 2011 | Luis Fortuño | ||
| 21 | July 7, 2011 | March 28, 2012 | Luis Fortuño | |||
| 22 | Héctor Pesquera | March 29, 2012 | November 30, 2013 | Luis Fortuño | ||
| 23 | James Tuller[5] | December 1, 2013 | March 31, 2014 | Alejandro García Padilla | ||
| 24 | Juan B. Rodríguez[6] | April 1, 2014 | April 4, 2014 | Alejandro García Padilla | ||
| 25 | José Caldero[7] | April 4, 2014 | December 31, 2016 | Alejandro García Padilla | ||
| 26 | Michelle Hernandez Frailey | January 2, 2017 | January 8, 2018[8] | Ricardo Rosselló Nevarez |