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Resident asks for answers after LA Times report; police say former detective resigned
Summary
At the Dec. 9 Public Safety Commission meeting a resident asked how a detective criticized in an LA Times investigation was hired; police staff said the officer was a retired county employee hired part time, was under investigation that the department did not know about, and resigned once the investigation concluded.
During public comment at the Dec. 9, 2024 meeting of the South Pasadena Public Safety Commission, resident Yvonne LaRose urged the commission to explain how a detective who was the subject of an LA Times investigation came to work in South Pasadena.
LaRose asked how the officer had passed background screenings and who the officer had trained. “The burning questions were, how did he pass screenings in order to be hired…
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