Behind the Badge
Pasadena Police Department launches virtual arraignments
0In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pasadena Police Department has launched a program to conduct arraignments via video. Michelle Robinson, an administrator in the Department’s Jail and Property Section, was given the task of creating a virtual system to promote social distance and help with cutting down on face-to-face time between the Police Department, the City’s Courthouse and inmate transfers. “I got a call on a Friday that we were going to try virtual arraignment and we needed to have it ready by that Monday,” Robinson said. “We needed two feeds, one for the courts, one for the confidential…
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