Pasadena Police explain what they were doing releasing a homeless man in Eagle Rock

[Liberal_in_LA]

It was the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving and an Eagle Rock resident named Steve was walking his dogs down Figueroa Street near Colorado Boulevard when the sight of a police car from neighboring Pasadena caught his eye. Steve watched as the officer released a homeless man, who appeared to be handcuffed and drunk, from the back of the squad car at about 5 p.m. on Nov. 24 The officer quickly sped away, leaving the homeless man wearing a large jacket standing on sidewalk near the Eagle Rock post office. Steve was troubled by the sight:

“I was appalled to see a police officer from a neighboring city drop off a homeless person who was very intoxicated into the streets. This poses a danger to the homeless person as well as the general public. It is unbelievable that someone who is supposed to protect and serve just drop their “problem” off in the next city…”

But Pasadena police, which looked into the incident after an inquiry by The Eastsider late last month, said this was not a case of a homeless person being dumped into another city.

Instead, they said the officer was actually helping the homeless man, who they said was not drunk or handcuffed, return to the location of his choice. In fact, the officer gave the man, who had been picked up in Pasadena after being released from a hospital, $3 for bus fare, said Lt. Rodney A. Wallace with the Pasadena Police Department

http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2010/12/pasadena-police-explain-what-they-were-doing-releasing-a-homeless-man-in-eagle-rock/

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. Someone is telling a fib

and I don't think it's the witness to the person drop-off event.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. Agreed.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

3. The police do this all over the place,

I have seen the LAPD dumping vagrants as far south as Westminster - well inside Orange County.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. I believe it. BTW, $3 is only one way fare in LA, round trip is $6

[DaveofCali]

5. Actually, the fare in L.A. is $1.50, $3 would be for two bus rides n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. You may be right. $6 is for the daily pass

[trackfan]

6. That post office was my hangout as a kid - when there was a bowling alley at that location.

I lived right behind it. I live a few blocks down the street now.

[Anakin Skywalker]

7. Hey, that hick sheriff Brian Dennehy dumped Rambo off at the town's edge!

Of course, that little incident turned John Rambo into the man he is today, a one-man army!