Police Dept., Aerostar sign agreement for new $8M HQ for FURA
October 4, 2024
Construction will take between 18 and 24 months. #NewsismyBusiness
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1st class of police officers assigned to HSI San Juan graduates
July 30, 2024
The Puerto Rico Task Force Officer Course (PRTOC) 24-01 Class is the first group of state and municipal police officers from Puerto Rico to be trained stateside. This story is brought to you by Lexus Puerto Rico (www.lexuspr.com).
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Guaynabo procures 10 new police motorcycles for $209K
December 1, 2022
The new vehicles will be integrated into the town's preventive work during the holidays.
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Puerto Rico gets $5.3M to beef up law enforcement
November 19, 2021
Puerto Rico has been assigned $5.3 million to hire more law enforcement professionals and beef up security in five towns, W. Stephen Muldrow, US Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, announced. The allocation is included in a global $139 million in grant funding through the US Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing […]
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Police to patrol Isla Verde tourism strip overnight on weekends
March 18, 2021
In response to multiple incidents involving tourists reported in Carolina’s popular district of Isla Verde, the municipality is implementing stricter security measures by limiting transit on Isla Verde Avenue exclusively to locals between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., Thursday through Sunday. The night patrol will be conducted by a team of 30 officers from Carolina’s […]
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Rosselló announces tax cuts, salary increases in State of the Commonwealth address
March 6, 2018
During his second State of the Commonwealth address since taking office, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo announced a new tax model to phase out the Business to Business (B2B) and plans to cut the Sales and Use Tax on processed foods from 11.5 percent to 7 percent.
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DFW Airport police heading to PR to recruit new staff
April 10, 2017
A team of Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport Police officers is heading to Puerto Rico in search of new recruits.
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P.R. Police Dept. to pay $8.7M to 2,642 officers
October 20, 2016
The U.S. Department of Labor requested that a federal judge approve a consent judgment requiring the Puerto Rico Police Department to pay $8,732,386 in back wages and interest to 2,642 current and former police officers.
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Agencies join to battle $5M-a-year copper theft problem
January 27, 2015
The Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board and the Puerto Rico Police Department signed an agreement Monday to step up the fight against copper theft, which represents about $5 million in annual losses for public and private sector companies.
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Puerto Rico Police Assoc. to deploy energy-saving LPG tech
September 13, 2013
Scuderi Group Inc. announced Thursday the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Puerto Rico Police Association for the first Scuderi Split-Cycle Engine to be utilized as a liquefied petroleum gas generator with compressed air energy storage (CAES) capability.
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Ford presents new line of ‘Police Interceptor’ vehicles
March 15, 2013
Automaker Ford presented its new line of Police Interceptor vehicles created for law and order agencies during an event Thursday that included test drives and exhibits at the Puerto Rico Convention Center.
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