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Volume 22, NO. 11
BESIEGED PASADENA POLICE CHIEF SANCHEZ RETREATS DURING TUMULTUOUS TIME John Perez will be acting chief
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City Manager, Steve Mermell has announced that John Perez (second from right)will be Acting Chief of Police. Sanchez ( head down) announced his retirement Monday.
- Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
Pasadena Chief Clarifies Officers’ ‘Reassignment’ in Wake of Chris Ballew Beating Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
A local civil rights attorney, who has been extremely vocal regarding the police beating case last year where Chris Ballew’s leg was broken, sent the
following letter to the city of Pasadena last week: “The press reports yesterday and this morning largely interpret your decision concerning the Altadena Town Council SEE REASSIGNMENT PAGE 6
hief Phillip Sanchez, an eight-year veteran of the Pasadena Police Department (PPD), will leave next month in the seemingly evergrowing wake of lawsuits, alleged misconduct by several officers, alleged cover-ups, AFT arrests and investigations of high ranking officers. The high ranking lieutenant who was the spokesperson for the
PUSD TO ELIMINATE OVER 100 CERTIFICATED POSITIONS Reductions to include teachers, assistant principals, librarians, and more Gus HERRERA gherrera@beaconmedianews.com
Last week, the Pasadena Unified School District’s (PUSD) Board of Education unanimously approved
“Resolution 2444,” a move that will reduce the district’s number of certificated employees by 103.2 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions. SEE ELIMINATE PAGE 6
PPD until his Sierra Madre home was raided by the ATF. The lieutenant, Vasken Gourdikian, who served as adjutant to Sanchez, was indicted on charges of selling dozens of guns across Southern California without a license and was arrested last week. Since then, another officer is on paid leave under similar ATF investigations. In the highly publicized beating of Chris Ballew, which garnered international attention, Sanchez SEE SANCHEZ PAGE 7
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The World's Largest Flowering Plant Speaks Out on the Correct Spelling of "Wistaria" Wistaria plant to the world: "Deal with it." (Please note - The Wistaria plant is not a happy camper even on his best day. Anything we have gotten from him in the past has always been irascible and snarky. He also drinks
a lot, and doesn't seem to care who knows it, either. I'm afraid today's article is more of the same. Perhaps it is the drought. We're going to print this anyway, but I'll warn you, the World's SEE TATTLER PAGE 7
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