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Former FBI Director Tapped as P. Rico Police Chief
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A former director of the FBI office based in Puerto Rico was nominated Thursday to lead the island's troubled police department, which US justice officials have accused of corruption, illegal killings and civil rights violations.
Former FBI Director Tapped as P. Rico Police Chief
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A former director of the FBI office based in Puerto Rico was nominated Thursday to lead the island's troubled police department, which U.S. justice officials have accused of corruption, illegal killings and civil rights violations.
The nomination of Hector Pesquera comes just hours after police chief Emilio Diaz Colon resigned.
Pesquera would take on a 17,000-member police department that has struggled to contain a rise in violent crime while trying to adopt dozens of reforms demanded by the U.S. Justice Department in a scathing report released late last year.
"Hector Pesquera has the knowledge, the experience, the leadership, the commitment and a proven track record to successfully lead our police department," said Gov. Luis Fortuno, who is seeking a second term in this year's upcoming general elections in which crime has been a dominant issue.
The Senate, which is controlled by Fortuno's pro-statehood party, is expected to soon approve Pesquera's nomination.
The nominee, 65, said in a brief statement that he would develop new preventive measures to help fight crime.
In December 1995, Pesquera was the first Puerto Rican appointed to lead the local FBI office. He had been with the agency for 27 years before retiring in December 2003. He most recently served as assistant director for Miami's Port Authority.
Diaz led the department for nearly nine months and was heavily criticized for never presenting a plan to fight crime.
Fortuno said late Wednesday that Diaz resigned because he didn't want to affect reforms being undertaken.
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Puerto Rico Police Chief Steps Down Amid Record Violence - InSight Crime
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Puerto Rico Police Chief Steps Down Amid Record Violence
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Puerto Rico's police chief has resigned after less than a year on the job, leaving office in the middle of a record murder wave and reports of widespread corruption within the police force. Superintendent Emilio Diaz Colon presided over the Puerto ...
Thursday, 29 March 2012 10:12
Puerto Rico Police Chief Steps Down Amid Record Violence
Written by Christopher Looft
Puerto Rico's police chief has resigned after less than a year on the job, leaving office in the middle of a record murder wave and reports of widespread corruption within the police force.
Superintendent Emilio Diaz Colon presided over the Puerto Rican Police department (PRPD) during the most violent year in the U.S. territory's history, which saw 1136 homicides in 2011.
While sudden, Diaz's resignation was not entirely unforeseen. He had been widely criticized ever since his appointment in July 2011, when he stated that he had no plans to change the way the PRPD operated or to develop any kind of anti-crime strategy. His resignation followed a survey by newspaper El Nuevo Dia which showed only 25% of Puerto Ricans supported the retired two-star National Guard general.
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Diaz is Puerto Rico's second police superintendent in a row to resign due to accusations of incompetence. His predecessor, Jose Figueroa Sancha, also tendered his (likely forced) resignation in response to a surge in homicides.
Reform of the PRPD, which has been criticized by the Department of Justice for allegations of systemic corruption, has moved slowly. In September, Kenneth McClintock, the territory's lieutenant governor, told NPR that some analysts suggest it could take as long as 15 years to fully restore the confidence of US federal officials in Puerto Rico's police. While McClintock said he would prefer the process move faster, that grim assessment of the territory's police means Diaz's successor is sure to inherit a difficult job.
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A former director of the FBI office based in Puerto Rico was nominated Thursday to lead the island's troubled police department, which U.S. justice officials have accused of corruption, illegal killings and civil rights violations.
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Former FBI director tapped as P. Rico police chief
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A former director of the FBI office based in Puerto Rico was nominated Thursday to lead the island's troubled police department, which U.S. justice officials have accused of corruption, illegal killings and civil rights violations.
The nomination of Hector Pesquera comes just hours after police chief Emilio Diaz Colon resigned.
Pesquera would take on a 17,000-member police department that has struggled to contain a rise in violent crime while trying to adopt dozens of reforms demanded by the U.S. Justice Department in a scathing report released late last year.
"Hector Pesquera has the knowledge, the experience, the leadership, the commitment and a proven track record to successfully lead our police department," said Gov. Luis Fortuno, who is seeking a second term in this year's upcoming general elections in which crime has been a dominant issue.
The Senate, which is controlled by Fortuno's pro-statehood party, is expected to soon approve Pesquera's nomination.
The nominee, 65, said in a brief statement that he would develop new preventive measures to help fight crime.
In December 1995, Pesquera was the first Puerto Rican appointed to lead the local FBI office. He had been with the agency for 27 years before retiring in December 2003. He most recently served as assistant director for Miami's Port Authority.
Diaz led the department for nearly nine months and was heavily criticized for never presenting a plan to fight crime.
Fortuno said late Wednesday that Diaz resigned because he didn't want to affect reforms being undertaken.
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