Pasadena Police Department (Texas)

Pasadena Police Department
Abbreviation PPD

Patch of the Pasadena Police Department

Badge of the Pasadena Police Department
Agency overview
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* City of Pasadena in the state of Texas, USA
Map of Pasadena Police Department's jurisdiction.
Size 44.5 square miles
Population 152,968 (2004)
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Pasadena, Texas
Agency executive Michael Thaler, Chief of Police
Website
Pasadena Policebeauty power
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Pasadena Police Department (PPD) is the primary law enforcement agency servicing a population of 144,793 people within 44.5 square miles (115 km2) of the municipality of Pasadena, Texas.[1]

Organization

The PPD is currently under the command of Chief of Police Michael Thaler. The PPD is divided into four bureaus:[2]

Fallen officers

Since the establishment of the Pasadena Police Department, 4 officers have died in the line of duty.[3]

Officer Date of Death Details
Arthur Claude Dowdy
Sunday, December 24, 1944
Struck by vehicle
Jeffery Dean Ginn
Wednesday, July 10, 1991
Gunfire
Leslie Ian Early
Friday, November 5, 1993
Gunfire
Jesse Hamilton
Friday, August 21, 2009
Gunfire

See also

References

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