With a history of alleged and confirmed misconduct, the Pasadena Police Department witnessed one of its own get taken into custody by federal agents after an investigation lasting over a year. Vasken Kenneth Gourdikian, a Lieutenant and Former Spokesman for PPD, was finally arrested on Friday morning, March 2nd, 2018. on counts which include falsifying ATF documents, selling guns illegally, and having possession of an unregistered Sig Sauer model MPX 9mm short-barreled rifle