Labor day September 2, 2024 and illegal fireworks continue to be set off in Pasadena. In the face of officials claiming a reduction from previous years.
The fact that fireworks are continuing months after the 4th holiday where many will attest was one of the worse in terms of illegal fireworks for the City of Pasadena.
Enforcement efforts have pretty much failed to stop the culprits, and those setting them off are mocking PPD’s little to no enforcement.
If people call in to the non-emergency line to report fireworks, the first thing they as is do you see who is setting them off? Do you know who is setting them off?
Usually the answer is NO. But PPD has tools to triangulate the location of gun shots, so they should be able to do the same for fireworks. Although there is confusion about the system’s capabilities the city continues to spend hundreds of thousands in it’s use. And when the question comes up of how PPD can improve efforts to stop fireworks use, there is little if anything that comes about.
Meanwhile other cities are implement drones and serious enforcement efforts.
The complete and utter embarrassment of fireworks being set off in the stands of the Rose Bowl on the 4th speaks volumes on how little and the lack of how seriousness the city is taking ongoing fireworks use in the city.
These are the members of RBOC who are all aware of the incident that transpired in and around the Rose Bowl on July 4, 2024 and still proceeded to approve more soccer and fireworks on the 4th of July in future years. The event was a catastrophe from so many perspectives, but that should not surprise anyone. They are interested mostly in selling tickets, who cares about safety and what people do in and around the Rose Bowl…
