Pasadena Police Department

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The Pasadena Police Department is the police department serving Pasadena, California

The headquarters of the Pasadena Police Department is located at 207 North Garfield Avenue in Pasadena, just a few blocks from the Pasadena City Hall and Paseo Colorado.

The department employs 241 sworn officers, 13 reserve officers, and 126 civilian employees.

The police chief is Bernard Melekian

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[edit] History

The Pasadena Police Department was founded in 1886.

The department is one of the first police departments to have female police officers.

In 2004, the Pasadena Unified School District dismantled the Pasadena Unified School District Police Department, amidst budget cuts. As a result the Pasadena Police Department took over police services for the Pasadena Unified School District.

Currently the department patrols some notable events, such as the Rose Bowl and the Tournament of Roses Parade, which works jointly with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

[edit] Fallen Officers

Since the department's founding of the department, the department has lost only two officers in the line of duty.

  • Richard Frank Morris - Shot and killed on March 13, 1969 while conducting an undercover operation
  • Officer Kyle Russell Ballard - Died of a heart attack on February 24, 2006 after completing a six mile training run with fellow officers.

[edit] Air Support

The department began 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 the Foothill Air Support Team (FAST), working with nine nearby city police departments by providing air support to those cities. Besides Pasadena, cities participating in FAST are Alhambra, Arcadia, Azusa, Covina, Monrovia, Glendora, San Marino, South Pasadena, and West Covina.

The department maintains five helicopters, based at an area near Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Rose Bowl.

[edit] Fleet

[edit] Other departments

  • Pasadena City College Police and Safety Services - Patrols property of the Pasadena Area Community College District with four officers and 66 cadets. Officers are not armed an has direct radio contact with the Pasadena Police Department. PCC students may phone either the PCC Police or the Pasadena Police Department for police services.
  • South Pasadena Police Department - Jurisdiction in the City of South Pasadena with 35 officers.
  • Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department - Has jurisdiction on Metro buses and trains running in Pasadena, the Pasadena courthouse, the unincorporated area addressed as "Pasadena, California" (including the Pasadena DMV office), Altadena, and assists the Pasadena Police Department in patrolling the Tournament of Roses Parade

[edit] External links

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