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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
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2007
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p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2007
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p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Arcadia Police Officers Association Union
Labor contracts
Salaries
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31040AN
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Arcadia police wound woman, 21, advancing toward officer while wielding knife. This occurred Saturday, August 12 at 9:09 P.M. on the 50 block of California Street.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36524
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 14, 2023
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p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 14, 2023
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p. A6
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Shootings
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Arcadia police chief Robert Guthrie shares crime prevention tips.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34501
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2016
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2016
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p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Guthrie, Robert
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34693AN
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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
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 4, 2016
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 4, 2016
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p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Beck, Tom
Chandler, Roger
Capoccia, John
Guthrie, Robert
Sierra Madre Police Department
Item ID
34642AN
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The union for the Arcadia Police Department and the Arcadia City Council have reached an agreement. The contract gives officers a 24.4% increase in salaries and benefits over the next 4 years. The department is still down by 14 officers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30898
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 17, 2008
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p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 17, 2008
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p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Labor contracts
Unions
Item ID
31086AN
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Arcadia Police close 13 maternity homes in a crackdown months after a full-time detective was assigned to address calls about pregnant Asian women living in groups at residences around the city. The pregnant Asian women come to the U.S. so their babies receive U.S. citizenship. Detective James Trabbie became the quality-of-life detective.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33614
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2013
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p. A1, A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2013
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p. A1, A9
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Trabbie, James
Zoning
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33809AN
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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.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2013
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2013
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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
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Former Arcadia Police Department lieutenant Kenneth Kuwahara, 41, who pleaded guilty last year to felony offenses of false personation and identity theft and four misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution, will have a sentencing hearing on June 28, 2007.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30431
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2007
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p. Local 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Kuwahara, Kenneth
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30618AN
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The City Council signed an agreement with the Arcadia police officers that will cost $1.66 million over the next 4 years. Contract details are given.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30946
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2008
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p. Local 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2008
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Labor contracts
Labor unions
Item ID
31141AN
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The lockup at Santa Anita Superior Court in Monrovia will close at the end of the month. The closure, due to budget cuts, will have a direct effect on the Monrovia and Arcadia police departments.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24704
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2002
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2002
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p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Superior Court
Arcadia Police Department
Item ID
24898AN
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A sponge toss, sack race, pumpkin-carving contest and the Mayor's Spelling Bee will all return for the second annual Lucky Baldwin Day Community Picnic on October 27 at the Arcadia County Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24705
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2002
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Superior Court
Arcadia Police Department
Item ID
24899AN
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Bob Sanderson is the new chief of police in Arcadia now that Dave Hinig has retired. Hinig discusses his retirement plans and Sanderson discusses his new duties.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29581
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 11, 2005
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 11, 2005
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p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Chiefs
Hinig, Dave
Sanderson, Bob
Item ID
29765AN
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A Los Angeles County firefighter, 41-year-old Richard M. Burk of San Dimas, is suing Arcadia Police Department for $500+ in damages, citing false arrest, defamation and emotional distress. He was arrested April 4 at the Derby Restaurant for fighting and public drunkenness.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30739
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 2007
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p. News 7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29, 2007
Pages
p. News 7
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Arrests
Burk, Richard M.
Lawsuits
Item ID
30927AN
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Arcadia police officers, friends and families protest for higher pay and more officers at Santa Anita Avenue and Foothill Boulevard.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30816
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2007
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 30, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Labor contracts
Labor disputes
Protests
Item ID
31004AN
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Suspect in Arcadia burglary in the 200 block of Monte Place, Steve Gainer, was arrested following a high-speed chase. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 12, March 31, 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34504
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 27, 2016
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 27, 2016
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p. A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Burglaries
Crime and Criminals
Gainer, Steve
Item ID
34696AN
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Suspended Arcadia police lieutenant Kenneth Kuwahara pleaded not guilty to felony charges of using another officer's name to solicit prostitutes over the Internet. Kuwahawa is free on his own recognizance.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29902
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 3, 2006
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 3, 2006
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p. A3
Subjects
Kuwahara, Kenneth
Arcadia Police Department
Identity theft
Solicitation
Scandals
Item ID
30088AN
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Former Arcadia police lieutenant Kenneth Kuwahara, 40, entered his plea of guilty to false personation and identity theft, both felonies, and four misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution. The solicitations happened between January and May of 2005, while Kuwahara was on duty as watch commander. He faces up to 5 years in prison. The article includes Chief Bob Sanderson's comments.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29944
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2006
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2006
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p. A1
Subjects
Kuwahara, Kenneth
Sanderson, Bob
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
30130AN
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Arcadia Police Department has expanded the duties of volunteers to write parking tickets for handicap-space and street-sweeping violations.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28985
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2004
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2004
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Volunteers in Patrol
Witt, Don
Palacios, Lillian
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29173AN
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Arcadia shooting at barricade scene injures one Arcadia police officer and 2 civilians. LA Sheriff's Department assisted Arcadia Police Department with the response at 2500 block of Greenfield Avenue for a domestic dispute.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36294
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2022
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 11, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
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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
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2022
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Crime and Criminals
Domestic violence
Shootings
Venk, Nurhan
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