Pasadena Police Department is the police department that serves Pasadena, California. The Pasadena Police Department headquarters are located at 207 North Garfield Avenue in Pasadena, just one block from Pasadena City Hall and Paseo Colorado. The department employs 241 sworn in officers, 13 reservists, and 126 civil servants. The police chief is Phillip L. Sanchez, who has served since 2010 and previously served as deputy head of the Santa Monica Police Department.
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Pasadena Police Department was established in 1886. This department was one of the first police departments to have female police officers. In 2006, Commander Marilyn Diaz left PPD to become police chief for Sierra Madre, California, becoming the first female police chief in the city of Los Angeles County.
In 2004, the Pasadena Unified School District dismantled the Pasadena Unified School District Police Department, in the midst of budget cuts. As a result, the Pasadena Police Department took over police services for the Pasadena Unified School District and the division of PPD at the PUSD schools known as the Safe School Team, composed of eight sworn members - one sergeant and seven officers.
Currently the department patrols several important events, such as the Rose Bowl and the Tournament of Roses Parade, in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
The department usually conducts patrols by adding officers in recent areas of homicide. This is known as Operation Safe City.
The department mainly utilizes the Orange County Sheriff Academy in Tustin for academy training. PPD also uses the Rio Hondo Regional Police Academy in Whittier.
Since the founding of the Pasadena Police Department, three officers have been killed in their duties.
Tasers
PPD has been using Tasers since mid-June 2004.
Three years after the placement of Tasers, 36-year-old Richard Baisner of Arcadia died after a one-time Tasered by Pasadena Police Officer. Baisner was Tasered after refusing the arrest of PPD officers. After using "soft restraints" on him while on the gurney, Baisner stopped breathing. Autopsies for the exact cause of death are still pending.
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Air support
The department started air operations in 1969 and was one of the first members of the Airborne Law Enforcement Association.
In 1999, the department expanded its operations by creating an Air Filling Support Team (FAST), working with the nearest ten police departments by providing air support to cities that could not afford their own helicopters. In addition to Pasadena, the participating cities in FAST are Alhambra, Arcadia, Covina, Monrovia, Glendora, San Marino, South Pasadena, Sierra Madre, Pomona, and Irwindale. Three police officers were selected from participating FAST cities to work as Tactical Flight Officers, whose job includes observing, monitoring radio frequencies for all participating cities, navigating, and coordinating basic units.
Pasadena PD also operates, stores and maintains an Enstrom 480 owned by the Metropolitan Crime Task Force (L.A. IMPACT) Metropolitan Crime Task Force. Pilot and Flight Officer Tactical assigned full time to L.A. IMPACT to help narcotics detectives with high altitude surveillance operations.
The department has five of their own helicopters, based in areas near the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Rose Bowl.
Using a strategy developed by Lieutenant Mike Ingram, Pasadena's PD Water Support and San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District using Pasadena PD helicopters to inspect pools in 23 cities to ensure cleanliness and to prevent West Nile Virus.
On November 17, 2012, a police helicopter fired on another helicopter on the field in the department heliport, injuring five people. Both aircraft suffered considerable damage.
Fleet
- MD 500 - 1
- Bell 206 BIII - 1
- Bell OH-58 Kiowa Warrior - 3
Other departments
Some of the closest departments depend on the Pasadena Police Department if there are departments that lack the resources.
- Pasadena City College Police and Safety Services - Patrol belongs to Area Community College Pasadena Area with seven officers and 85 cadets. The officers are unarmed, but have direct radio contact with Pasadena Police Department.
- South Pasadena Police Department - Jurisdiction in South Pasadena City with 35 officers. PPD provides air support for the city of South Pasadena. South Pasadena used the Pasadena City Jail and Pasadena Court until 2004 when it switched to the Alhambra and Alhambra Courthouse prisons, citing high fees, and to allow Monrovia and Arcadia cities to use the Pasadena City Prison to accommodate their prisoners after the old Judicial Courts of Santa Anita in Monrovia is closed.
- The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department - Has major jurisdiction on Metro buses and trains operating in Pasadena, Pasadena courthouse, unincorporated area called "Pasadena, California" (including Pasadena DMV office), Altadena, and helps Pasadena Police The department is on patrol in the Roses Tournament Tournament.
See also
- List of law enforcement agencies in California
References
External links
- Pasadena Police Department
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