Roll of Honor
Incident
Lieutenant Waldemar Rivera-Santiago was killed in a motorcycle crash on PR-2, near mile marker 159 in Mayaguez, while en route to the police headquarters.
He was killed instantly when his police motorcycle collided with a truck.
Lieutenant Rivera-Santiago had served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for 30 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and six children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
30 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Rivera-Santiago gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 30 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Rivera-Santiago.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Lieutenant Waldemar Rivera-Santiago is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In 127, 85 of 388 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 21.9% of this state's fallen. That is 9.1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Puerto Rico Police Department, 77 of 364 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 21.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Waldemar Rivera-Santiago's cause is highlighted.
How Waldemar Rivera-Santiago Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Waldemar Rivera-Santiago is highlighted in Sep.
Incident Location
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