Puerto Rico to invest up to $80 million in Police Department.

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      The article reports on the need of the Puerto Rico government to invest up to $80 million to enhance the services of the Police Department. It says that the investment is designed to comply with an accord settling a civil rights lawsuit against the Department, which detailed entrenched patterns of discrimination, unlawful searches and seizures, and use of excessive force. It indicates that the settlement requires significant departmental reforms to promote constitutional policing.