An autopsy determined Baisner died from "effects of cocaine intoxication," with other significant factors of hypertrophic heart disease and coronary atherosclerosis.

Pasadena PD also operates and stores a Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil owned by the Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force (L.A. IMPACT).

A pilot and Tactical Flight Officer are assigned full-time to L.A. IMPACT to assist narcotics detectives with high altitude surveillance operations.

Although early official statements issued by the Pasadena police department were conflicting,[16] the shooting occurred inside a car during a struggle over a gun.

[19] The 911 caller, Oscar Carrillo-Gonzalez, later admitted to lying about seeing a weapon in order to get a more urgent police response, and served 90 days in jail for the false report.

[23] In the aftermath of McDade's death, protests and demonstrations occurred and civil rights leaders led community discussions surrounding police use of excessive force and racial profiling.

[29][30][31] McDade's parents filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Pasadena for a wrongful death and settled out-of-court for about $1 million.

[21][32] In September of 2014, an independent consulting group completed their investigation of the fatal shooting for the city of Pasadena, but the report was kept secret by a police union representing the two officers involved, citing privacy laws.

[36] The city of Pasadena settled a lawsuit for wrongful death and paid the family $1.5 million, but the officers did not face trial for allegations of excessive force.

[41] The investigation deemed that the agents and officers involved in the shooting were "reasonable in their use of deadly force to prevent the escape of a dangerous, fleeing felon.

[40] On August 15, 2020, a 32-year-old Black man named Anthony McClain was shot and while running away from two Pasadena police officers at a routine traffic stop.

[42][43] Paramedics arrived at the scene within five minutes of the incident, but McClain suffered from fatal blood loss from his injuries, dying at Huntington Hospital hours later.

[47] City Councilman Tyron Hampton, amongst other residents, also objected to the Pasadena Police Department's editing and narration of the released surveillance video, calling them "beyond inappropriate" due to their biased nature.

[50][51] On November 9, 2017, a 21-year-old Black man named Christopher Ballew was violently arrested by two Pasadena police officers, Zachary Lujan and Lerry Esparza.

[52][53] Footage from a bystander as well as police body and dashboard camera show the physical altercation occurring at a gas station during a traffic stop.

[56] Ballew filed a lawsuit against the Pasadena Police Department for damages sustained during the arrest and citing a violation of his civil rights.

[56] Data uncovered by Ballew's lawyer, John Burton, suggested that the Pasadena Police Department disproportionately targeted Black and Hispanic motorists during traffic stops over a 2-3 year period.

[58] She was sentenced on June 7, 2016, to 90 days in jail and convicted of a felony lynching, a term in California penal code that refers to the illegal act of inciting a mob to remove someone from police custody.