Pasadena City College Police Chief Don Yoder has been placed on paid administrative leave, school officials confirmed Wednesday.
“The College can confirm that Chief Yoder is on paid administrative leave. The College cannot comment on personnel matters. We must respect the laws that provide for confidentiality and privacy of such matters,” PCC spokeswoman Valerie Wardlaw said in an email to Pasadena Independent.
The PCC Board of Trustees approved Yoder’s hiring as campus police chief in January 2013. According to the PCC website, Yoder began working with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department in 1985, and was promoted to captain in June 2011.