According to the girl’s father, a security officer forced an 11-year-old girl to shut up at Pasadena Middle School and giggled as she spoke too much during lunch time.
After school officials realized the incident, Pasadena Unified School District fired security officials and the girl’s family had filed a police report.
“The safety and well-being of students is our top priority,” the district said in a statement. “While we cannot comment on pending lawsuits, we take such concerns very seriously and work fully with the Pasadena Police Department. We are committed to maintaining a safe and supportive environment for students.”
Noemi Hurtado said she had dinner with her friends at Blair Middle School on Wednesday when the lady police officer told her to stop so loudly. The girl’s father, Ricardo Hurtado, told The Times that security officials spin with her friends during breaks between classes and along with her friends.
Ricardo Hurtado held a press conference with community activist Najee Ali about his daughter’s incident outside Blair High School in Pasadena.
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He said his daughter, who is in the sixth grade, is “doing what a normal child does at that age.”
The unidentified security officials in the area forced the girl to shut up, Hertado said. News Media KTLA The report said the principal confirmed the incident. According to Hertado, security officers then returned her to the classroom. In class, security guards told the teacher not to remove the tape from her mouth because she continued to be too destructive, Hertado said. At that time, the school’s security chief intervened and brought the students to the principal’s office.
Hertado said the chief security officer told his daughter that she was not in trouble.
He said Hertado’s daughter has since returned to school. According to Hurtado, the family submitted a police report against security officials on Thursday.
The Pasadena Police Department confirmed that a police report had been submitted but forwarded all questions about the case to the Pasadena Unified School District.
