The Office of the Federal Police Monitor (FPM) ensures an independent court monitoring by assessing and reporting on the Puerto Rico Police Bureau's implementation of the Agreement for the Sustainable Reform of the Puerto Rico Police Bureau. Romero (Chief Federal Police Monitor) assesses and reports on the Puerto Rico Police Bureau's implementation of the Agreement for the Sustainable Reform of th
e Puerto Rico Police Bureau. The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice opened a comprehensive investigation of the Puerto Rico Police Bureau (PRPB) in 2008. In 2013 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the United States Department of Justice voluntarily entered into a Consent Decree. The Puerto Rico Police Bureau accepted the grounds for the investigation and pledged cooperation and has worked in partnership with the United States Department of Justice to establish the reforms outlined in the Consent Decree. To ensure an independent court monitoring, paragraph 225 of this approved Consent Decree calls for a Technical Compliance Advisor (TCA). The Office of the TCA assesses and reports whether the provisions of the Consent Decree have been implemented and whether this implementation is resulting in constitutional and effective policing, professional treatment of individuals, and increased community trust of Puerto Rico Police Bureau. The monitoring team of the Office of the TCA comprises of independent monitoring judicial officials committed to fulfilling their duties in overseeing the implementation of the Consent Decree in adopting reforms aimed at ensuring safe and constitutional policing in Puerto Rico. Federal Monitor reports regularly on the compliance status of the Puerto Rico Police Bureau in accordance with the Federal Court approved Settlement Agreement between the United States Department of Justice and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. To view the reports and for more information about the Office of the TCA Puerto Rico, please visit www.fpmpr.org
