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Volume 22, NO. 17
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PASADENA POLICE OFFICER
Split second evaluations are critical in keeping the peace Story & Photos Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
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n Monday morning, this reporter and several local news colleagues were invited to the Pasadena Police Weapons Training Facility on Eaton Canyon Drive, for a four-hour crash course in understanding what peace officers face when making a traffic stop or go out on a ‘routine’
call. It was an exacting and poignant experience. The tactics Pasadena Police use are critical in understanding just how precarious law enforcement jobs can be and how quickly a seemingly routine incident can become volatile. Interim Pasadena Police Chief John Perez addressed the small class of local journalists assembled in a training classroom Monday to SEE LIFE OF POLICE PAGE 10
Training officers Sgt. Mike Gligorijevic and Sgt. Anthony Russo show ‘green’ journalists what it is like for a Pasadena police officer on a call where non-lethal force may be used.
LA County Schools Orders PUSD to Identify Additional Budget Cuts Story & Photos Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
In a letter sent to Roy Boulghourjian, PUSD School Board President, the Los Angeles County Schools Superintendent has ordered PUSD consider
additional cuts due to the recent review. “Under Education Code (EC) Section 42131, the Los Angeles CountySuperintendent of Schools (County Superintendent) has completed a review SEE BUDGET CUTS PAGE 11
PASADENA COUNCIL APPROVES SUICIDE DETERRENCE MEASURES FOR COLORADO STREET BRIDGE Gus HERRERA gherrera@beaconmedianews.com
Pasadena’s iconic Colorado Street Bridge will soon be undergoing some changes - in an attempt to deter suicides, the city council recently gave staff the green light to begin development of
various deterrence measures, including vertical barriers, end treatments, and ledge modifications. The Pasadena landmark was proclaimed the tallest concrete bridge of its time when completed in 1913, SEE BRIDGE PAGE 11
– Photos by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
Two Finalists in Pasadena City College Superintendent Search Two finalists for the position of SuperintendentPresident of Pasadena City College will be introduced at separate forums on April 30 and May 7. The forums are open to students, faculty, staff, and the general public. The finalists selected by the Board of Trustees are Byron D. Clift Breland, presi-
dent of San Jose City College, and Cliff Davis, vice chancellor of the Ozark Technical Community College System in Springfield, Mo., and president of the Ozarks Technical College Table Rock campus. Before he became San Jose’s president in 2014, SEE FINALISTS PAGE 10