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Puerto Rico gov reverses police ban on releasing public info
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Original Publication Date: January 18, 2017 10:30PM
Publication Updated: April 26, 2025 9:42PM
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico’s governor has reversed an order by the U.S. territory’s police chief that sought to greatly limit the release of public information about criminal cases.
Ricardo Rossello said Thursday that the public has a constitutional right to be informed.
Police Chief Michelle Hernandez on Wednesday had ordered police to stop releasing information including the location of a crime, a suspect’s criminal background and the amount of drugs seized or money stolen in certain cases. She also had prohibited the release of pictures of suspects who had not been arrested.
Hernandez is Puerto Rico’s first female police chief and was nominated by Rossello.
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