NYPD’s Tuller takes reins of PR Police
By CB Online Staff
Veteran New York City police officer James Tuller took the reins of the Puerto Rico Police Department on Sunday.
Tuller officially took the helm of the nation’s second-largest police force nearly a month after his appointment by Gov. Alejandro García Padilla following the surprise resignation of Police Superintendent Héctor Persquera.
Tuller holds a bacehelor’s degree in police science from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and a master’s in public administration degree from Marist College. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy and attended the University of Virginia’s Division of Education Program in Criminal Justice.
Tuller, whose mother is Puerto Rican, was born and raised in New York and attended high school in Puerto Rico.
“I am convinced that his experience working with communities in a city as diverse as New York during the transformation of the NYPD makes him the ideal person for the police superintendent post,” García Padilla said earlier this month. “He is aware of the challenges ahead in boosting police morale and complying with the federal accord to professionalize the department and safeguard civil rights while continuing with our anti-crime plan.”
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