P.R. Laws tit. 25, § 3112
(a) As of October 1, 2004, the compensation schedules of the members of the Puerto Rico Police shall be the following:
MONTHLY COMPENSATION SCHEDULES FOR THE RANKS OF THE PUERTO RICO POLICE Category BASIC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Max. CADET 1718 1744 1770 OFFICER OR AGENT 2100 2132 2163 2196 2229 2262 2296 2331 2366 2401 2437 2474 2511 SERGEANT 2182 2215 2248 2282 2316 2351 2386 2422 2458 2495 2532 2570 2609 SECOND LIEUTENANT 2264 2316 2369 2424 2480 2537 [sic] 2595 2655 2716 FIRST LIEUTENANT 2379 2434 2490 2547 2606 2665 2727 2789 2854 CAPTAIN 2590 2668 2748 2830 2915 3003 3093 3185 3281 INSPECTOR 2650 2730 2811 2896 2983 3072 3164 3259 3357 COMMANDER 2753 2836 2921 3008 3099 3191 3287 3386 3487 LIEUTENANT COLONEL 2929 3017 3107 3201 3297 3396 3497 3602 3710 COLONEL 3143 3237 3334 3434 3537 3644 3753 3865 3981
MAXIMUM RATE SCHEDULE RATES OVER THE MAXIMUM Catergory 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 CADET 1796 1851 1879 OFFICER OR AGENT 2548 2587 2625 2665 2705 2745 2787 2828 2871 2914 2958 3002 3047 SERGEANT 2648 2688 2728 2769 2810 2853 2895 2939 2983 3026 3073 3119 3166 SECOND LIEUTENANT 2778 2842 2907 2974 3043 3113 3184 3258 3332 FIRST LIEUTENANT 2919 2986 3055 3125 3197 3271 3346 3423 3502 CAPTAIN 3379 3481 3585 3693 3804 3918 4035 4156 4281 INSPECTOR 3458 3561 3668 3778 3892 4008 4129 4252 4380 COMMANDER 3592 3700 3811 3925 4043 4164 4289 4418 4550 LIEUTENANT COLONEL 3822 3936 4054 4176 4301 4430 4563 4700 4841 COLONEL 4101 4224 4351 4481 4616 4754 4897 5004 5195
(b) Monthly Compensation Schedules for School Protection Officer I and II:
Monthly Compensation Schedules for the Ranks of School Protection Officers Shall Be As Follows: Category Basic Category 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Max. School Protection Officer I $ 1200 $ 1218 $ 1236 $ 1255 $ 1274 $ 1293 $ 1313 $ 1333 $ 1353 $ 1373 $ 1394 $ 1415 $ 1436 School Protection Officer II 1393 1414 1435 1457 1479 1501 1524 1547 1570 1594 1618 1642 1667
(c) The compensation schedules for the members of the Police Force shall be [set] according to the following provisions:
(1) Every originally appointed member of the Police Force shall receive the minimum rate [set] for his/her rank.
(2) Every member of the Police Force shall receive a raise equal to one step in the corresponding schedule upon completion of each year of service, counting from the date of his/her original appointment or from the date of reenlistment, should that be the case. The salary of any member of the Force that does not coincide with one of the specific rates included in the schedule shall be raised to next highest rate, once the raise is granted.
The salary of every member of the Police shall be raised pursuant to the intermediate rate established by his/her former salary and the intermediate rate corresponding to the new schedule.
(3) The time accrued for the purpose of granting steps within the schedule shall not be interrupted by the promotion of the members of the Force.
(4) The granting of these raises shall be subject to the condition that, with these raises, the compensation does not exceed the maximum rate of the corresponding schedule.
(5) Upon promotion, the member of the Force so promoted shall receive as compensation the minimum rate of the schedule corresponding to his/her new rank. If on the date of the promotion he/she is receiving compensation equal to or higher than said minimum rate, he/she shall receive the next highest rate to the salary he/she received before the promotion, as compensation in the new category. If the raise to be received after a promotion is less than the total amount to the step corresponding to his/her rank, he/she shall automatically receive a raise equivalent to at least one step.
(6) In the case of demotion, the member of the Force so demoted shall receive as compensation the salary rate within the schedule corresponding to the rank to which he/she is demoted, provided it does not exceed the salary received prior to the demotion.
(7) Every member of the Police Force who is suspended and is reinstated, or any former member of the Police Force who has reenlisted in the Force, shall receive the minimum rate in the schedule corresponding to his/her rank if the compensation he/she was receiving at the time his/her removal from the service was less than said minimum rate. If it is compromised within the limits of the schedule in effect but does not coincide with one of its rates, it shall be increased to the next highest rate. Said compensation shall remain unaltered if it coincides with one of the rates, or if it exceeds the maximum of the corresponding schedule.
(8) In those cases in which the Superintendent believes that a candidate for reenlistment who has served a minimum of five (5) years on the Force has the education, technical knowledge, training courses or the experience which make the case meritorious, he/she may authorize a higher salary than the last salary earned in the Police Force by said candidate within the salary schedule of the rank which he/she held permanently.
(9) Those members of the Force in the career service who have failed to receive any type of salary raise those granted by law for a period of five (5) years of satisfactory and uninterrupted service, shall be eligible to receive salary raises for years of service. The training period shall be excluded from the initial computation of this term. Other applicable norms shall be subject to the uniform compensation regulations.
(10) When adjusting the salaries of the personnel rendering services when these schedules take effect, they shall be computed pursuant to the provisions of §§ 3101 et seq. of this title, and no member of the Corps shall receive a salary lower than that he/she is then receiving.
(11) Provided, That in addition to their monthly salary, a two hundred and fifty-dollar ($250) bonus shall be paid to all personnel of the Puerto Rico Police assigned to work in Vieques or Culebra, if they are not residents of such Island municipalities. Such bonus shall be deemed to be part of the salary and shall be paid during the time that such officers are assigned to work in Vieques or Culebra.
History —June 10, 1996, No. 53, § 13; May 4, 2004, No. 106, §§ 8, 9; Aug. 13, 2009, No. 71, § 1; Mar. 26, 2010, No. 35, § 1.