Pasadena Police Department (California) female police officers. In 2006, Commander Marilyn Diaz left PPD to become the police chief for Sierra Madre, California, becoming Los Angeles County's first female municipal police chief. In 2004, the Pasadena Unified School District dismantled the Pasadena Unified School District Police Department, amidst budget cuts. As a result, the Pasadena Police Department took over police services for the Pasadena Unified School District and PPD's division on PUSD schools is known as the Safe Schools Team, which is made of eight sworn members—one sergeant and seven officers. Currently the department patrols some notable events, such as the Rose Bowl and
Pasadena Avenue (Pasadena) of the intersection, Pasadena Avenue resumes its northwestern route, but ends abruptly, just a block short of Seco Street. Pasadena Avenue (Pasadena) Pasadena Avenue is a street in Pasadena, California. There are several other streets in the United States with this name. It is miles in length. Pasadena Avenue's southern end is on Columbia Street, which marks the border with South Pasadena. It moves north through a residential area until it meets California Boulevard, where it begins to run alongside California State Route 710. In Downtown Pasadena, the street is often used as a back entrance to nearby office buildings.