Pasadena Fire Department Case Study

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INTRODUCTION:
This case involves Pasadena Fire Department (PFD) RA & Engine #33 responding to 500 N. Madison Ave., in regards to an unknown medical call. Upon their arrival to the residence, they knocked on the front door and there was no answer. Fearing that someone inside was having a serious medical emergency, they forced their way through one of the windows located north of the front door, damaging the lock and cracking another window during the process.

EVIDENCE:

I took a series of digital photographs of the damaged lock and cracked window that are located north of the front door. I uploaded the photographs into VeriPic as evidence.

INVESTIGATION:
On Tuesday, October 10, 2017, I was on patrol, in full uniform, in a marked black and

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