Government

City Main article: Mayoralty in Puerto Rico

All municipalities in Puerto Rico are administered by a mayor, elected every four years. The current mayor of Aguadilla is Carlos Méndez Martínez, of the New Progressive Party (PNP). He was elected at the 1996 general elections. Aguadilla City Government is based at the city hall in downtown Aguadilla.

State

Most state agencies are based at the Government Center Building with the exception of the Corporación del Seguro del Estado (State Insurance Agency) and the Centro de Servicios al Conductor (Driver's Services Center). Most state agencies left their offices after the Senatorial District was taken away from Aguadilla.

Public Safety

Aguadilla has its own police department, Policía Municipal Aguadilla (Aguadilla City Police Department), located in Aguadilla Pueblo. The A.C.P.D. only has jurisdiction in the municipality of Aguadilla and provide service and protection to local citizens and travelers alike.

Aguadilla also hosts the Puerto Rico Police Department Command for the its Region. This region covers Aguada, Aguadilla, Isabela, Moca, Rincón and San Sebastián. It also hosts the PRPD Highway Patrol Division for its region, the FURA Division of the PRPD, the US Army Reserve Center, PR National Guard, and the Border Patrol. Its also serve by another PRPD station in San Antonio Village (Precinct 203 Ramey-San Antonio).

In recent years, Aguadilla has seen an increase in Type I crimes, which include murder, burglary, and theft.

Mayors # Mayor Term Party Notes 1st Adrián del Valle 1899–1903 None 2nd José Monserrate Deliz 1903–1905 None 3rd Luis A. Torregrosa 1905–1907 None 4th José Francisco Estévez 1907–1911 None 5th Ramón Añeses Morell 1911–1933 None 6th Wenceslao Herrera Alfonso 1933–1941 None 7th José Badillo Nieves 1941–1945 None 8th Rodolfo Acevedo 1945 None 9th Fernando Milán 1945–1949 None 10th Rafael Cabán Peña 1949–1953 None 11th Rafael A. Guntín López 1953–1957 None 12th Herminio Blás 1957 None 13th José Acevedo Álvarez 1957–1969 None 14th Emilio Cerezo Muñoz 1969–1973 PNP 15th Conchita Igartúa de Suárez 1973–1977 PPD 16th Joaquín Acevedo Moreno 1977–1981 PNP 17th Alfredo González Pérez 1981–1987 PPD 18th Gustavo Herrera López 1987–1988 PPD Interim 19th Ramón Calero Bermúdez 1988–1996 PNP Pass away on 1996 20th Agnes Bermúdez Acevedo 1996–1997 PNP Interim 21st Carlos Méndez Martínez 1997 – Present PNP Incumbent; fourth term Senate

The city belongs to the Puerto Rico Senatorial district IV, which is represented by two Senators. In 2012, María Teresa González and Gilberto Rodríguez were elected as District Senators.