P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 641
Whenever a law enforcement officer intervenes in an incident of domestic abuse, a written report on the same shall be prepared. Said report shall contain the allegations of the persons involved and of the witnesses, the type of investigation conducted and how the incident was resolved.
The law enforcement officer shall include any statement of the victim in said report, with regard to the frequency and severity of previous incidents of domestic abuse and on the number of times the person has resorted to the Police or any private or public entity or specific person to seek help.
This report shall be prepared for every intervention even though no criminal charges are filed against the alleged aggressor. These reports shall be kept separate from reports or incidents of other nature.
The Police Superintendent shall establish a system to compile information that allows that a copy to be kept of each intervention report in the police station where it was originated and that will expedite the centralized compiling thereof in the Statistics Division of the Puerto Rico Police.
The Statistics Division of the Puerto Rico Police shall receive a monthly copy of every intervention report prepared pursuant to this section, shall compile the information contained therein, and shall prepare an annual public statistical report on the incidents of domestic abuse in Puerto Rico. A copy of this report shall be remitted to the Office of the Women’s Advocate, as well as to the Legislature, which shall distribute it to all the offices of the different committees.
The Courts Administration shall provide information on the restraining orders requested and issued, to the Statistics Division of the Police as well as useful information, so that it the report may contain, among others, the following information:
(1) Population group mostly affected by domestic abuse.
(2) Ages of said groups, divided by number of incidences.
(3) Number of persons who requested restraining order.
(4) Number of persons who withdrew said request for restraining orders.
(5) Number of persons who obtained restraining orders.
(6) Number of persons who did not obtain restraining orders.
(7) Number of situation in which dual or reciprocal restraining orders were issued.
(8) Number of situations in which there are minors, and child support orders were issued.
The Police Superintendent shall establish rules to guarantee confidentiality regarding the identity of the persons involved in incidents of domestic abuse.
History —Aug. 15, 1989, No. 54, p. 199, § 3.11; Apr. 23, 2004, No. 96, § 1; Sept. 29, 2004, No. 490, § 1.