Héctor Pesquera

Héctor Pesquera
Secretary of Public Safety of Puerto Rico
In office April 10, 2017 – April 30, 2019
Governor	Ricardo Rosselló
Succeeded by	Elmer Román
Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police
In office April 9, 2012 – November 30, 2013
Governor	Luis Fortuño Alejandro García Padilla
Preceded by	Emilio Díaz Colón
Commissioner of Safety and Public Protection
In office April 9, 2012 – April 10, 2017
Governor	Luis Fortuño Alejandro García Padilla
Preceded by	Emilio Díaz Colón
Assistant Director of Safety Affairs Port of Miami
In office May 2008 – April 2012
Coordinator for Homeland Security Broward County Sheriff's Office
In office December 2003 – May 2008
Special Agent in Charge FBI Miami Division
In office February 1998 – December 2003
Special Agent in Charge FBI Puerto Rico Office
In office December 1995 – February 1998
Special Agent FBI
In office 1976–1995
Personal details
Born	Héctor M. Pesquera (1946-12-30) December 30, 1946 Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
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. 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. In 2012, he was named chief of Puerto Rico's police. 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. He resigned on November 30, 2013.