Anonymous
Source: Santa Barbara Police Department
Late Tuesday night, December 17, 2019 the Santa Barbara Police Department became aware through a social media post that an alleged off-duty police officer, who was under the influence of alcohol, became engaged in an argument early Sunday morning inside a local night club.
During the argument, which allegedly occurred early Sunday morning on December 15th, the police officer displayed his badge and firearm in a non-official capacity.
Within minutes of becoming aware of the post, the Santa Barbara Police Department devoted abundant resources to begin investigating the accuracy of the serious on-line allegations.
The officer involved was identified as Marco Pavico, a new University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) police officer.
The Santa Barbara Police Department, in collaboration with the UCSB Police Department investigated the incident. Marco Pavico was arrested by Santa Barbara Police Detectives for battery and brandishing a firearm and he was booked at the Santa Barbara County Jail.
Due to the serious allegation, and the authority/trust bestowed upon police officers, the Chief of Police at UCSB acted swiftly and placed Marco Pavico on investigatory leave, seizing his Department issued firearm and suspending his police powers pending further investigation.
A criminal investigation by the Santa Barbara Police Department and an investigatory leave investigation by the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) Police Department remain ongoing.
What a loser
UCPD’s typical crook. A disastrous organization should be taken off the street.
Looks young. And a quick search shows he’s less than 2 years out of high school. I guess the UCPD doesn’t require much education/training 😉
Young recruits learn from the older hands. Who to look up to for good guidance there? The whole pot smells bad.
Maybe he can go work for the Sheriff now
Yeah but they let this guy bear arms off-duty? (Or more likely was he carrying personal firearms because he has a “badge”)
No, the likelihood of “personal firearms” is 0% … both the article and video note that it was his “Department issued firearm”.
Good ol’ rotten UCSB PD – power tripping cops with nothing much to do are the most dangerous types! I still vividly remember getting blindly attacked from behind and beaten up by a UCSB PD officer when I was 11 years old simply because I was HOLDING a skateboard in an area it was LEGAL to ride a skateboard.
Anyone have the link to the video?
For SURE! It’s a brotherhood of thugs.
I am surprised they took any legal action against him as police officers are given wide latitude both on and off duty. The “brotherhood” has a code of silence and is you are a member you get professional courtesy. In fairness, many off duty police officers step up when needed.
Now he can get a job as a security guard about anywhere in town…