##  [Carrillo, Jesse](/individual/jesse-%20carrillo) 

  ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_500_x_500_/public/default_images/download%20%289%29%20%282%29_0.jpg?itok=5WstKkf1)Jesse Carrillo

 









 

 



 

 

**[Pasadena Police Department](/california/pasadena-police-department)**



207 North Garfield Avenue

Pasadena, California 91101

[(626) 744-4501](tel:%28626%29744-4501)



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The Pasadena Police Department presents a heightened *Brady/Giglio* concern because a former Pasadena Police lieutenant, Vasken Kenneth Gourdikian, used his sworn law-enforcement status to acquire restricted “off roster” firearms and illegally sell more than 100 firearms without a license. Federal prosecutors reported that Gourdikian sold at least 108 firearms from March 2014 through February 2017, used his peace-officer status to obtain firearms unavailable to the general public, bypassed ordinary California firearms restrictions, and made a false statement during a firearm purchase. He pleaded guilty to federal firearms offenses and was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison.

For *Brady List* purposes, this misconduct bears directly on officer credibility, truthfulness, abuse of authority, public-corruption risk, firearms evidence integrity, and the reliability of police representations in weapon-related cases. Under *Brady v. Maryland*, *Giglio v. United States*, *Napue v. Illinois*, and *Kyles v. Whitley*, prosecutors relying on Pasadena Police Department testimony or reports should disclose all officer-specific impeachment material, firearms-related misconduct records, internal-affairs findings, criminal charging and plea records, disciplinary records, and affected-case reviews. Until that showing is made, Pasadena Police Department evidence involving firearms, searches, seizures, probable-cause statements, or officer-authored reports should receive heightened credibility scrutiny.