Police in Puerto Rico has been fighting trough the courts and others resources to achieve the Agency understood Puerto Rico Police Department and the Government of Puerto Rico administered by different Rulers throughout those years to the present meet the commitments made under the Laws NO. 173 of 2007 and 227 of 2004. What caused doe to which the debt to increase police numbers which surpass reaching one hundred million dollars in debt for salary adjustments and failure to pay raises signed.
This situation caused due to economic problems due to the increase in cost of living, suicide, and emotional instability
During the year 2013 the government enacted Law NO. 3 situation that complicate more the police situation because the law leaves cops practically no decent retirement system