Overview
- Pasadena’s longtime police leader M.P. Jackson submitted a retirement notice to city officials that will take effect at the end of August and Mayor Thomas Schoenbein has named Assistant Chief Raul Granados to serve as interim chief.
- Jackson spent more than four decades in law enforcement, joined the Pasadena force in 1979, served about 12 years as assistant chief and was elevated to chief in 2025 before announcing his retirement.
- Raul Granados has worked at the department since 2001, has led patrol, narcotics, the special response group and media relations, and was promoted to assistant chief in August 2025.
- The city statement praised Jackson’s 47 years of public service and emphasized an orderly handover, but it did not lay out a timeline or process for naming a permanent successor.
- The announcement arrives while the department has faced recent scrutiny over alleged misuse of Flock Safety cameras, though city officials did not say that issue prompted Jackson’s decision to retire.