Pedro Toledo
Pedro Toledo (born 1946 in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico) is a former policeman who is famous all over Puerto Rico for his work as a two time police superintendent(Chief of Police).
Toledo became a policeman as a youngster, and he had a perfect record as a policeman for over four decades.
After Pedro Rossello was elected governor of Puerto Rico in 1992, he elected Toledo to be his police superintendent. In Puerto Rico, a superintendent works as a sheriff: he is the police chief of the entire territory of Puerto Rico.
Toledo, who is a confessed supporter of Rossello's PNP party, became well known for his fight against drugs, obtaining the arrests of many infamous drug traffickers during his first tenure as a superintendent. Among the drug dealers and fugitives who were caught during Toledo's first tenure as superintendent were Wes Soto Solano, "Tono Bicicleta", and an individual named "Negri", who was accused of ordering the murders of three men after torturing them. Toledo made the covers of newspapers such as El Nuevo Dia and El Vocero hundreds of times during this period.
After Sila Maria Calderon won the 2000 elections to become Puerto Rico's first woman governor, Toledo announced his voluntarily retirement from police, and he went on, for the time being, to lead a quieter life in the Puerto Rican mountains.
Toledo caused a political upset when he took back his old post as police superintendent in 2005. Nominated by the PPD's Anibal Acevedo Vila, the island's new governor, Toledo was not expected to accept because of his political beliefs. But he accepted, promising to fight against crime even harder than he did during his first tenure as superintendent. Acevedo Vila's nomination of Toledo for the post surged as part of his plan for all three major Puerto Rican parties to participate as integral parts of the island's government from 2005 to 2009.
During the press conference where he gave his acceptance speech, Toledo said that he thought about his grandchildren's future before selecting to work as police superintendent for the second time.
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News about Toledo's second term acceptance
Categories: 1946 births | Puerto Rican people