Police Misconduct in Pasadena Texas

There are several documented examples of police misconduct in Pasadena, Texas, United States.
Narcotics officer prosecutions by district attorney
*In 2009 two Pasadena Texas Police Narcotics Officers were indicted on separate charges involving narcotics investigations. Officer Raymond Garivey was indicted on two counts of filing a false report, a class B misdemeanor.
Officer suspensions
In 2009 Pasadena Police SGT Wesley Fojt was Suspended after several Alcohol Related Incidents. Pasadena Police did not provide details to the media of the incidents, but stated that the incidents had occurred while SGT Wesley Fojt was already on temporary suspension pending the outcome of an unrelated driving while intoxicated charge. Reyes was charged after a 22-year-old woman reported that he had placed her hand on his genitals when she was a child. A jury found Pasadena Police Officer Marcus Justin Kacz guilty of deadly conduct when he shot his gun at a man in a road rage incident while off duty. Several minutes later, Esteban exited the tollway and stopped at a red light. Kacz, who had stopped behind Esteban, then got out of his vehicle and approached the Explorer. Esteban later testified that Kacz was saying something as he approached, but Esteban could not hear him as the driver's side window was closed. Tina Marie Perez, 37, a Pasadena police officer, and Timothy Robert Troxell, 38, a South Houston police sergeant, are charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with a confrontation between them and another Pasadena police officer, Pasadena Officer Marvin Ouellette, 36.Police say a jailer reported he saw police officer Jonathan Strange push a handcuffed suspect against the wall and kick him in the chest. Pasadena Police Officer Keith E. Wagner, 40, was the first of four law enforcement officers and two civilians to go on trial in Harris County for drug crimes after kicking in the door of a house to steal money and drugs.
Witness account and police response
A witness to the force used by Pasadena Police officers Jason Buckaloo and Christopher Jones on Gonzales said the 51-year-old man was not struggling or resisting arrest as the Officers hit him and repeatedly knocked his body to the ground. showing 9 Pasadena Police Officers appearing to beat an African-American suspect,<ref name="abc11"/> who was later found to have a broken leg, while attempting to get a blood sample for alcohol analysis.<ref name="abc11"/> A judge dismissed the charges after lawyers argued that it was done with excessive force and in unsanitary conditions.<ref name="abc11"/>

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