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info on Detective Pasquarelli?
by Mary
Wednesday, May. 25, 2005 at 12:21 PM
mh5r@andrew.cmu.edu
Seeking info on Pgh Detective Pasquarelli. Have other people had unpleasant/unreasonable experiences with him?
I was accosted by Det. Pasquarelli while crossing Forbes Avenue in front of CMU with a friend about 6 weeks ago. (This was not at a protest or other activity- just walking to the parking lot at11PM.) It was not initially made clear to us that he and the other occupant of his car were police officers, and it was scary. In conversation with the detective, my reference to my right of free speech seemed to set him off. My friend and I have since received several citations in the mail. I won't speak for my friend, but I felt bullied by the guy in person (I was not doing anything illegal, and he threatened me with a variety of things when I mentioned "free speech") and I believe the citations to be without merit.
I know I've seen his name here in the past. Just wondering, as I prepare to plead "not guilty" and go separately to both traffic court and housing court, what experiences (if any) others might have had with this guy. Thanks in advance for anything you can share via replying to IMC or personal email.
Detective
by Worrywarto
Wednesday, Jun. 01, 2005 at 5:03 AM
worrywarto
You don't mention anything about what lead up to this incident.....
If you don't have anything to hide, or you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about....
Just respond to the officer, and you'll be on your way...
When I was a young kid, I was always taught to act respectful to police officers. I find that when you do this, things always turn out fine in the end....
It seems to me you may have acted in a confrontational and disrespectful manner....
Maybe you're to blame for the whole incident. Next time a police officer confronts you, simply respond in a mannerly
fashion. I'm sure you'll find things go a lot more nicely..!
Detective Pasquarelli
by Tinz
Sunday, Jun. 12, 2005 at 9:05 PM
I am writing in response to your comments on Detective Pasquarelli. Of all of the times that I have come in contact with him, I've never had a problem! I believe that he is a great police officer and a great man who works very hard at his job. He is out there everyday of his life protecting you and everyone else in the City of Pittsburgh and just because of one incident (in which he was doing his job) you feel that it is necessary to express your negative feelings for him on the internet. How would you like it if someone was negative towards you because you were doing your job? One day you may need the police yourself, then what? Will you still be negative? Probably not, because that's the way people like you are. I've come to realize that you're just doing this because you're bitter at the fact that someone spoke up to you and corrected something wrong that you did. You don't like it so this is kind of a payback. In doing this, you've put him and his family at some kind of risk because now their name is on the internet for the world to see. I just want to leave you with this, I've had the privledge of knowing Detective Pasquarelli for the past 21 years of my life, I am his daughter! My Dad always tells me this one important thing that I have come to realize is helpful to me as I grow up. Maybe it can help you in the future so that you don't get yourself into this situation again! Think before you act, you never know who you're going to hurt!!
the garbage faced detective
by durruti
Monday, Jun. 13, 2005 at 12:56 AM
The detective in question is a fat smelly pig and a violator of civil rights. He should be charged with being a fascist asshole! I hope he chokes on a fucking doughnut! Maybe hes good at his job, thats a great accomplishment, because being good at being a cop, means being a great state sponsored terrorist. Bin-Laden in blue. To finish it off, fuck him, fuck his fans, i hope the court takes his badge and he develops a horrible drug problem in a gutter. The only good cop is a ...... figure out the rest...
Today's Pig, Tomorrow's Bacon
by Brendan Behan
Monday, Jun. 13, 2005 at 9:26 AM
"There is no situation so dismal that a policeman can't make it worse."
Double for the ultra-corrupt pushers in blue here in Pittsburgh. These are the same participants in the drug trade that had to move the #9 (now #1) station from Federal to Brighton, rather than jeopardize their bribe money.
If they're lousy enough that DOJ needed to take them over, that should tell you something.
Detectives pretend to be someone they aren't (in his case poorly) to decieve and entrap the folks they are supposed to protect, at least on paper.
Detective Pasquarelli
by Mitchelldand
Tuesday, Jun. 21, 2005 at 8:26 PM
Sad for you that you broke the law and Detective Pasquarelli caught you - sorry you think your above the law and should not be pentalized for your actions. As far as the person who thinks theonly good cop is a ____ cop, your probably a rapist or drug addict!
Hero
by worrywarto
Friday, Jun. 20, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Pittsburgh officers honored for heroism
Jill King Greenwood
Tribune Review Publishing Company
All Rights Reserved
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Pittsburgh police Detective Donald Pasquarelli fought through dense smoke and flames last fall to rescue four people from a burning Greenfield house.
He was off-duty and about a block away from the fire when he heard fellow Zone 4 Officer Wanda Duncan on the police radio saying she was charging into the house. Pasquarelli raced to help Duncan save three people from the third floor and another who had been sleeping in the basement.
Neither officer considers the actions heroic.
"It's just part of the job," Pasquarelli said Monday. "It's really nothing that anyone else wouldn't do. That's what you sign on for when you take this job."
Police Chief Dominic J. Costa and Mayor Bob O'Connor saw things differently yesterday when they presented the officers with the Bureau Citation, the police department's second-highest honor, during an awards ceremony in City Council chambers.
A total of 149 awards were given to officers from all four police zones.
"It's nice to hear these stories and all the good stuff that our officers are doing, because too often the public only hears the bad stuff," Costa said. "Our officers are out there every day putting their lives on the line and giving 110 percent."
Duncan was responding to a car accident on Sept. 10 when a passerby told her about the house fire on Hazelwood Avenue. Flames had engulfed the roof by the time she arrived. Pasquarelli arrived moments later, helping Duncan rescue the four occupants, including the man sleeping in the basement.
"This house was blazing, and he was sleeping right through it," Pasquarelli said.
Alexander Demitras, 19, was at the ceremony to see two officers from Zone 3 honored for saving his life.
Demitras' car was stalled at Route 51 and the Liberty Tunnels on June 12 when he looked over at the car next to him. He found himself staring down the barrel of a gun.
"I just looked up and kind of nodded 'hi' to the guy, and the next thing I know he's pointing a gun at me and firing," Demitras said. "I didn't realize what was happening until the second shot."
Demitras was shot five times and lay in his car bleeding while the gunman sped off inbound through the Liberty Tunnels. Three car lengths behind Demitras' car was officer Lawrence Mercurio, who was off duty-and riding his personal motorcycle. He and officer Matthew Turko, who was on duty and in the area, alerted a nearby ambulance unit and sped off after the suspect's red Ford Taurus.
The suspect, Damon Woodson, 19, of the Hill District, was captured after a brief chase and is awaiting trial. Mercurio and Turko declined to comment about the arrest.
Demitras, who had his kidney, spleen and part of his pancreas removed, said he's thankful the officers responded so quickly.
"Without officers like them, the guy who shot me might still be out there and someone else might not be as lucky," he said.
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