Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant rebuffed efforts by the Pasadena Police Officers Assn. to keep the entire report secret, ruling instead that he would redact portions of the document that rely on the city’s administrative investigation of the shooting.
Chalfant said he would decide later exactly which sections of the report should be withheld from the public.
The report, written by the Office of Independent Review Group, examined the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Kendrec McDade and made recommendations for how the department could improve, according to Chalfant’s order.
The consulting group reviewed two Pasadena Police Department investigations of the shooting, one criminal and one administrative, the judge said.
“The criminal investigation and any other source of information concerning department practice do not relate to the department administrative investigation,” Chalfant wrote.