Pasadena’s interim police Chief John Perez has been chosen to lead the city’s Police Department on a permanent basis by City Manager Steve Mermell. Perez, 52, who has been with the Pasadena ...

Pasadena Police chief John Perez will retire in 2022, ending a 36-year career at the department that included tenures in a range of units from patrol to community relations but which was also ...

Retiring Pasadena Police Chief John Perez was completely surprised Wednesday afternoon with a touching send-off given to him by department employees. “It was crazy, man,” he said.

He is shown in a photo displayed at a news conference by the Pasadena Police Department. The shootings occurred about 4:20 p.m. Saturday, when John Izeal Smith, 44, opened fire in the 1700 block ...