Ramón_Torres_Braschi

Ramón Torres Braschi (October 18, 1917–September 13, 1983) was the first Puerto Rico Police Superintendent, acting from 1956 to March 14, 1963. Before this commission, he had been director of the Office of Personnel of Puerto Rico. He also served in the United States Army with the rank of captain. He was a member of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity. During his tenure as Puerto Rico Police Superintendent, Torres Braschi received an award from the American Society of Public Administration (Puerto Rico chapter) for the establishment of the preventive and permanent surveillance system. He presented his resignation as Puerto Rico Police Superintendent to accept an academic appointment as professor at the University of Puerto Rico. Ramón Torres Braschi died on September 13, 1983, at age 65, He was buried at the Puerto Rico National Cemetery in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.He served in the National Guard and the U.S. Army. He was a public official in the Government of Puerto Rico, serving first as assistant director and then as chief personnel officer. He was the first superintendent of the Police of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. He was also a lecturer and associate professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration of the University of Puerto Rico and a lawyer in private practice from 1964 to 1983, the year in which he died. He was married since 1947 to Mayaguez-born Mrs. Hilda Irizarry Mercader.