Police Report on Recent Crime and Disorder at City Parks

A Pasadena Police Department Lieutenant presented a  report regarding both crimes and complaints occuring on City park grounds as well as the Department’s efforts to keep residents safe.

During the Tuesday meeting of the Recreations and Parks Commission, Lt. Monica Cuellar said police are still providing extra service for Villa Parke-area residents in the wake of a Sept. 17 shooting that left and 18-year-old man with life-threatening injuries.

Between Oct. 4 until Nov. 1 police have received over 100 calls for service at Villa Parke, according to Cuellar. 

“Teams have gone out there, including patrol to do extra service in the area. [We’ve been] talking to people, talking to residents and so forth.” 

“Majority were hesitant to say that they felt safe,” said Cuellar. 

This month, Cuellar said the police also received complaints about people drinking at Villa Parke.

“We’re going continue to do our extra service, continue to do our programs there and do a lot more community service rather than arresting,” assured Cuellar. 

The police received 13 calls for service in October at Playhouse Village Park.

“We had some drug violations there, there was one person that was arrested inside the bathrooms – he was doing some drugs.” 

In Central Park, which is considered a “hotspot,” the police received 63 calls for service. The majority of them were disturbance calls and fight calls, according to Cuellar. 

The police received 85 calls for service for Memorial Park, which the police also consider a hotspot.

At Annandale Park, there was one complaint about noise from the pickleball courts. It was resolved through talking to the reporting party, according to Cuellar. 

Cuellar urged residents to use the citizens service app for their reports. 

“We’ve run into a lot of people that dont know about it,” she remarked. “That is a great tool for us to use.”

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