James Tuller, chief of the NYPD’s Transportation Bureau, will head the police in Puerto Rico.

James Tuller, chief of the NYPD’s Transportation Bureau, will head the police in Puerto Rico.

 

Puerto Rico is turning to one of New York’s Finest to lead its troubled police department.  James Tuller, chief of the NYPD’s Transportation Bureau, has been selected to be the next superintendent of police by Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla.

Tuller was born in New York but lived in Puerto Rico as a child. He starts Dec 1.