A Pasadena police sergeant has walked away from the job while still under an active internal investigation, city officials confirmed Friday, leaving the department to sort out a surveillance controversy without him on the payroll.
The probe centers on allegations that the sergeant improperly tapped into the department’s Flock Safety license-plate-reader system to keep tabs on a fellow officer, according to a Pasadena city council member who spoke with local reporters. Police say the internal review will move forward anyway, resignation or not.
City Council Member Emmanuel Guerrero told reporters he believes the case focuses on suspected misuse of the department’s Flock account and that the system itself flagged repeated searches tied to the officer’s credentials, triggering the review, as reported by KPRC Click2Houston. “Based on what we gathered, [he] was using our camera system, our Flock system, to track and stalk a female officer,” Guerrero told the station…