Pasadena Police Department (California)
| Pasadena Police Department | |
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| Abbreviation | PPD |
Patch of the Pasadena Police Department
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1886 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Pasadena in the state of California, USA |
| Size | 23.2 square miles (60 km2) |
| Population | 133,936 |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Police Officers | 254 |
| Civilians | 126 |
| Agency executive | Police Chief, Phillip L. Sanchez |
| Website | |
| http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/police/ | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
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 block 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 Phillip L. Sanchez, who has held the position since 2010 and previously served as deputy chief of the Santa Monica Police Department.
The Pasadena Police Department was founded in 1886. The department was one of the first police departments to have female police officers. In 2006, Commander Marilyn Diaz left PPD to become the police chief for Sierra Madre, California, becoming Los Angeles County's first female municipal police chief.
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 and PPD's division on PUSD schools is known as the Safe Schools Team, which is made of eight sworn members—one sergeant and seven officers.
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.
The department usually steps up patrols by adding officers in areas of recent homicides. This is known as Operation Safe City.
The department utilizes primarily the Orange County Sheriff's Academy in Tustin for academy training. PPD also utilizes the Rio Hondo Regional Police Academy in Whittier.
Since the establishment of the Pasadena Police Department, three officers have died in the line of duty.
PPD has been using Tasers since mid-June 2004.
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