Behind the Badge
Pasadena Police Department celebrates its Explorers heading to college
0For eight Pasadena PD Explorers, their senior year may not have ended as they envisioned. Graduations were held virtually, proms cancelled and end-of-the-year parties were nixed once COVID-19 shook through the nation. But for the Pasadena PD Explorers, the pandemic didn’t take away their well-earned high school diplomas and it wasn’t going to stop them on their next journey. College. On Tuesday, June 16th, Pasadena Police Chief John Perez congratulated the Department’s explorers with a fist bump, flowers and a brand new laptop, courtesy of a $6,000 donation by the Pasadena Police Foundation. “This is a tool. You’ve worked…
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