When I was a student at Fuller Seminary I was involved in a minor traffic accident in Pasadena CA due to the other driver running a red light. I ended up face down with several police officers on my back, resulting in permanent injury & pain. They over-reacted, bullied, used excessive force, failed to “de-escalate” , & made several significant errors of judgment & discretion. And yet despite being a college graduate with honors & having never been in “trouble” before, all the blame was aimed at me, without apology. This was at the time that a guy named Melenkian was chief. As a Christian I do believe in “turning the other cheek” but also in appropriately addressing wrongs so that they don’t happen again. I took action against them, & I am fairly certain those specific police officers will never do what they did to me to anybody else again. Nonetheless, the damage they caused to me was permanent (chronic pain for life, among other things).

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KEEPING AN EYE ON PASADENA PD: WHAT THEY SAY VERSUS WHAT THEY DO

PASADENA CA HAD EXACT SAME PROBLEM BUT DIDNT REFUND THOSE WRONGED, INCLUDING ME "City ends red-light camera program, will dismiss or refund 1,000 tickets ...After 14 years, San Mateo is pulling the plug on its controversial red-light cameras after it was discovered that a yellow light was too short, an error that is forcing the city to refund or dismiss nearly 1,000 tickets, officials said Thursday."

  PASADENA CA HAD EXACT SAME PROBLEM BUT DIDNT REFUND THOSE WRONGED, INCLUDING ME "City ends red-light camera program, will dismiss or refund 1,000 tickets ...After 14 years, San Mateo is pulling the plug on its controversial red-light cameras after it was discovered that a yellow light was too short, an error that is forcing the city to refund or dismiss nearly 1,000 tickets, officials said Thursday."

https://padailypost.com/2019/07/12/city-ends-red-light-camera-program-will-dismiss-or-refund-1000-tickets/