Police officers graduate from Homeland Security Investigations School

The course was held at Guardian Centers facilities in Perry, Georgia and was focused on reinforcing investigative strategies and solidifying tactical operational skills.

By The Star Staff

San Juan Municipal Police officers graduated from the Criminal Investigation School of the Homeland Security Investigations Office (HSI), where they received training aimed at strengthening their investigative knowledge and skills at the federal and state levels.

Municipal Police Commissioner Juan Jackson Rodriguez said that as part of the training, three law enforcement officers traveled to the Guardian Center in the city of Perry, Georgia. There, Lieutenant Edwin Vazquez Malave, along with police officers Juan Clemente Hernandez and Andres Rodriguez Cortes, received the training that lasts 21 days. Once the course, which is offered by HSI personnel, was completed, the officers received a certification.

During his speech at the graduation ceremony held in the state of Georgia, Municipal Police Commissioner Jackson Rodríguez recognized the importance of this training for the capital city, in conjunction with the technological advances that have been implemented in the law enforcement body since the arrival of the administration of Mayor Miguel A. Romero Lugo. Likewise, the Municipal Police Commissioner thanked the director of HSI in Puerto Rico, Rebecca González Ramos, for integrating municipal agents into this course.

“This training and certification is another important step in the public safety efforts we are implementing in San Juan, together with artificial intelligence elements that we have also added. An example of this is the signing of a collaboration agreement between the Department of Public Safety and the Municipality of San Juan, which allows the exchange of images from both bodies. Thanks to this agreement, the municipality of San Juan currently has access to license plate readers, and the Municipal Police patrolmen immediately know when they have a stolen vehicle in transit on some of the roads of the municipality of San Juan. Providing security to the agents at the time of the intervention,” added Jackson Rodríguez.

Agents from the Puerto Rico Police Bureau, the Special Investigations Bureau, Internal Revenue agents, and municipal police officers from the towns of Guaynabo and Barceloneta also participated in the course. The Secretary of the Department of Public Safety, Alexis Torres Ríos, also attended the graduation ceremony, who reiterated the importance of unifying law enforcement agencies to achieve their purpose, along with the Commissioner of the Special Investigations Bureau, Attorney General Rafael Freites, among other officials.