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

about Pasadena CA

The strange thing about Pasadena CA is that for those of us who are not from there or don't live there, but who visit on New years day or attend a school there like Fuller seminary or something, ... NONE of us that I know of that I've ever talked to think of it as a place that we really want to live & stay. There's NOT that much great about it. it's not even close to the ocean. There's NOT that many great trails- there's a few up in altadena not many. It's very hot and smoggy in the summer because of the foothills. And yet the people who live there guard it as if it's some kind of gem that everybody wants to be around and stay in, but. it's. NOT.  sorry to say.
 I'm sorry Pasadena,  but it's NOT that great there.