Pasadena Officer Shot During 'Horseplay' With Loaded Firearm

In September 2025, inside a Pasadena parking garage, two trained law enforcement officers briefly set aside the foundational principles of their profession and treated loaded service weapons as props in a moment of workplace play — with one ending up shot. The incident, brought to public attention months later through dashcam footage, sits at the quiet intersection of human fallibility and institutional trust: the rules exist precisely because even those who know them best are not immune to the lapse of a careless moment. That the city enforces some of California's strictest gun laws adds a la