Magula is scheduled to update the commission on several pending investigations, including the March 2 Buchanan shooting, complaint reviews and audits involving Pasadena police practices.
Buchanan, 32, was fatally shot on March 2 following a confrontation with Pasadena police near the Sierra Madre Villa Metro station after officers responded to reports of a shooting at the transit stop.
According to Pasadena police, officers later encountered a man believed to be the suspect nearby, leading to a foot pursuit and exchange of gunfire that seriously wounded Officer Bryan Vasquez, a five-year veteran of the department. Vasquez underwent surgery and spent weeks recovering in Huntington Hospital.
Buchanan died at the scene.
Family members identified Buchanan after the shooting and previously told reporters he had struggled with mental health issues.
According to Magula’s presentation, the Buchanan case remains under both criminal and administrative review.
Last month, the department announced that the release of video footage of the incident was being delayed under California transparency laws governing critical incidents involving law enforcement. Although the officer has since been discharged, officials said the officer continues to receive medical treatment and has not yet been interviewed by investigators.
It is not known if that interview has taken place.
The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday in the Jackie Robinson Community Center.
“This is a grand opportunity for members to show up and bring their questions,” said Chair Esprit Jones.
The review of an April 2024 critical incident involving Ricardo Guade Andrade is also pending, as well as a September 2025 Pasadena Police Department incident still under administrative review.
Andrade, 36, was fatally shot by Pasadena police following a pursuit and reports of residential break-ins in Pasadena.
According to public accounts of the incident, police said Andrade fled into a neighborhood after a vehicle pursuit and allegedly entered multiple homes. Officers later confronted him and said he brandished a handgun as a police K-9 approached, leading officers to open fire.
The Independent Police Auditor’s presentation lists the Andrade incident as still pending criminal and administrative review more than a year after the shooting.
On Sept. 7 an officer was involved in an accidental officer-involved shooting inside a Pasadena police parking structure near department headquarters.
The police officer suffered a non-life-threatening injury after another officer unintentionally discharged a service weapon inside the structure.
The shooting has been described as accidental based on a preliminary assessment. An internal investigation has been launched into the circumstances surrounding the discharge. No names of the officers involved were publicly released.
The auditor’s monthly report also detailed ongoing reviews of complaint investigations and cases involving people experiencing behavioral health crises. A draft report on those crisis-related cases has already been shared with members of a commission ad hoc committee and is currently under review by the Pasadena Police Department, according to the presentation.
Magula said her office also continues assisting Community Police Oversight Commission ad hoc committees working on immigration policy review, technology oversight and a mental health response.
The presentation includes an updated recommendations tracker showing the status of prior oversight recommendations tied to vehicle pursuits, pretext stops, complaint investigations and use-of-force reviews.
The report showed 29 recommendations connected to use-of-force reviews remain pending implementation determinations.
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