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Arcadia police officer Luis Vicuna received the Arcadia Police Department's Life Saving Medal last week for helping save the life of 76-year old James Chen, who collapsed at the Arcadia Sports Fitness Club late last year. Pictured are Arcadia Police Chief Robert Sanderson, Officer Luis Vicuna and Captain Gene Gioia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31928
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2010
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2010
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Chen, James
Gioia, Gene
Heroes
Sanderson, Robert
Vicuna, Luis
Item ID
32125AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Christian Eric Blesch, 36, a former Arcadia police officer and Arcadia Police Officers' Association treasurer, is accused of embezzling $50,000. He pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles Superior Court on the felony charges of grand theft by embezzlement. He was elected January 2011 to serve as treasurer. He resigned from Arcadia Police Department last month. A second police officer is being investigated.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33635
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department--Arcadia Police Officers' Association
Blesch, Christian
Crime and Criminals
Embezzlement
Item ID
33830AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police officer Michael Hale gives a new Nintendo DS to 6-year-old daughter of crime victim Teresa Barrera. The Arcadia Police Officers' Association (APOA) also gave Teresa Barrera a $250 gift certificate to Ralphs Supermarket.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31246
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2008
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2008
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Arcadia Police Officers' Association (APOA)
Barrera, Teresa
Crime and Criminals
Hale, Michael
Identity theft
Item ID
31441AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Chief David Hinig bestowed the Police Department's Medal of Merit on Detective Stan Flores and Life Saving medals on patrol officers John Jurman and Jennifer Casillas.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24974
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 26, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Police Department - Medal of Merit
Police Department - Life Saving Medal
Police - Flores, Stan
Police - Jurman, John
Police - Casillas, Jennifer
Item ID
25171AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A suspended Arcadia police lieutenant, Kenneth Kuwahara, 40, was in court on felony charges of using another officer's name to solicit prostitutes via the Internet while on duty.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29878
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2006
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2006
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Kuwahara, Kenneth
Arcadia Police Department - officers
Item ID
30064AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Paddock guard John Shear, a hero who was injured saving a girl from a runaway horse, has returned to work at Santa Anita Park. He turns 91 years old next month. He is a 5 foot tall, 110 pound Sierra Madre resident and sustained a fractured pelvis, internal bleeding and other injuries when he had a head-on collision with horse "Sea and Sage" on March 12, 2011.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32700
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Heroes
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020--employees
Shear, John
Item ID
32897AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia police officers honor Albert Matthies, the city's only police officer killed in the line of duty, with a ceremony and a plaque, 80 years after his death. The plaque is on the 1000 block of North View Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30633
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia police officers
Awards - honors - recognitions
Matthies, Albert Edward
Plaques
Remembrances
Item ID
30821AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Department welcomes second K-9 officer, Kota, a 3-year old Dutch shepherd. His handler is Officer Travis Sargent.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34967
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2017
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2017
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department K-9 Unit
Canines
Police Dogs
Sargent, Travis
Item ID
35157AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Gerardo Cortez, 26, of Monrovia was arrested for allegedly making telephone threats to shoot adults and children with an AK-47 at schools (including Arcadia High School), a mall, and hospitals in the San Gabriel Valley last week. See also Mountain Views News, September 14, 2013, p. 1.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33616
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Arcadia Police Department
Cortez, Gerardo
Crime and Criminals
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Monrovia Police Department
Item ID
33811AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City administrators and negotiators for the Arcadia Police Department have not yet reached a contract agreement. Officers want an immediate 10% raise for the first year and 4% increases the second and third years. City council has offered salaries that would make Arcadia police the second or third highest paid in cities surveyed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30852
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Arcadia Police Officers Association Union
Labor contracts
Salaries
Item ID
31040AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Man arrested after shooting in Arcadia. A 47-year-old man was arrested Wednesday, August 10, for shooting and injuring an Arcadia police officer (shot in the jaw), the suspect's 73-year-old mother (shot in the chest) and the neighbor across the street (shot in the eye with stray bullet). All three are stable and expected to survive. The shooting and standoff happened at 2500 block of Greenfield Avenue due to a family dispute. The 26-year-old Arcadia officer has been with Arcadia Police Department for 6 months and has 3 years of previous law enforcement experience.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36295
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2022
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
Collection
Newspaper Index
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On the 84th anniversary of the murder of Arcadia police officer Albert E. Matthies, a ceremony was held by the Arcadia Police Officers Association in his honor. Matthies is the city's only police officer killed in the line of duty. A memorial plaque at Foothill Boulevard and Northview Avenue commemorates Matthies' sacrifice and a small plaque marks his grave site at Live Oak Memorial Park in Monrovia. Matthies was shot on July 18, 1927 and died the day after. The shooter was Frank Miller.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32465
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2011
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2011
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Arcadia police officers
Awards - honors - recognitions
Matthies, Albert Edward
Plaques
Remembrances
Item ID
32653AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Officers Association has used a billboard to advertise its contract dispute, claiming crime is up while the number of police officers is down. The billboard is shown in a photograph.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30876
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 3, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 3, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Officers Association
Contracts
Labor disputes
Unions
Item ID
31064AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A memorial to honor slain Arcadia Police Department officer Albert Edward Matthies, was unveiled on the 85th anniversary of his murder, at his grave site at Live Oak Memorial Park in Monrovia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33110
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Officers' Association
Kristufek, Zora
Perez, Roxana
Straub, Sheryl
Tea, Daniel
Item ID
33307AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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John Shear is turning 93 years old. He is celebrated as an everyday hero. He is a Santa Anita Park racetrack worker whose quick response saved a toddler's life on March 12, 2011. He was hurt then, but is surviving.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33706
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--People--employees
Shear, John
Item ID
33901AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Pasadena police officers and mental health professionals gathered at the 7th Annual Law Enforcement and Mental Health Conference at the Los Angeles County Arboretum. Suicide, particularly among children and teenagers, was a hot topic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30081
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 16, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 16, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Law Enforcement and Mental Health Conference - 7th annual
Mental health
Police officers
Item ID
30267AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City of Sierra Madre police must find another way to deal with officer shortage after Arcadia balks at sharing officer. Sierra Madre officials had hoped Arcadia could help through a contract between the cities where one Arcadia officer would help patrol areas of Sierra Madre at night and backup would be available as needed. Arcadia City Council said they could not spare an officer for such a contract. See also Arcadia Weekly, February 4, 2016, pp. 1, 14.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34450
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 4, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 4, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Beck, Tom
Chandler, Roger
Capoccia, John
Guthrie, Robert
Sierra Madre Police Department
Item ID
34642AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police Officer Sharleen Wilson, a 16-year department veteran, is suing the Police Department and City Hall for alleged sexual discrimination and harassment.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18286
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Police
Wilson, Sharleen
Item ID
18533AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Officer Troy Hernandez, now with Arcadia Police Department, formerly of South Gate Police Department, along with three other South Gate Police officers, is taking a racial discrimination and retaliation case against the City of South Gate to trial.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30385
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Discrimination
Hernandez, Troy
Lawsuits
Police
Trials
Item ID
30572AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia man Larry Roger Beck, 66 years old, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for killing his girlfriend's toddler son in Louisville, Kentucky 43 years ago. He admitted to shaking the 20-month old Michael Sanders, which was a factor that caused the child's death.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34351
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2015
Pages
p. A9
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2015
Pages
p. A9
Subjects
Beck, Larry Roger
Crimes and criminals
Manslaughter
Item ID
34544AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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