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Pasadena council adopts crime‑control budget and approves multiple police equipment and training purchases
Summary
The City Council held a public hearing on the Crime Control and Prevention District budget, heard public comments calling for reallocations, then approved the district budget and several police-related purchases funded by the crime-control fund and UASI grants.
The Pasadena City Council held a public hearing on the proposed Crime Control and Prevention District budget for the 10/01/2025–09/30/2026 fiscal year and approved the district budget and a series of police equipment, training and facility expenditures.
Why it matters: The Crime Control and Prevention District fund pays for police facilities, equipment and programs that the city said will support public safety; council action moves multiple purchases and a police remodel design forward, some funded by a federally supported UASI grant and one item funded from the district fund.
At the start of the hearing a resident identified as Mister Smith urged the council to reconsider capital spending for police facilities and to coordinate more closely with the school district on officer deployment. “I think things like that’s…
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