An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that, between June 2010 and August 2014, the Puerto Rican commonwealth’s police department willfully committed a number of violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, most significantly regarding the failure to pay overtime properly.

The department requested on October 19, 2016, that a federal judge approve a consent judgment requiring the police department to pay $8,732,386 in back wages and interest to 2,642 current and former police officers who did not receive all their overtime wages required under the FLSA.

U.S. District Judge Gustavo A. Gelpí approved the consent judgement on November 15, 2016. It requires the police department and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to pay the back wages and take additional corrective actions to pay employees properly, provide FLSA training, implement electronic recordkeeping and payroll systems and provide annual reports to the division.