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 "Eaton Fire Destroys Over 5K Structures: Devastation Is Staggering | Los Angeles, CA Patch

https://patch.com/california/los-angeles/amp/32079372/eaton-fire-blaze-climbs-mount-wilson-over-10k-acres-burn

"Pasadena directed all residents not to drink the tap water due to the Eaton Fire. They should not even boil the water, just drink bottled water only. In the Palisades water zone, the boil water order applies just to the 90272 zip code and the adjacent community north of San Vicente..."