April 22, 2024

GLENDALE, CA – At approximately 10 a.m., Glendale Police Department Communications received a call of a man subject with a knife in the 300 block of Harvey Dr. Upon arrival, Glendale Police Officers found that the suspect, Oscar Urenda, 31, of Pacoima, had been threatening his family with a knife. Once the suspects family was in a safe location away from the suspect, Urenda barricaded himself in a vehicle.

The Glendale Police Department responded to the scene with their Crisis Negotiations and SWAT Teams. Negotiations began. After approximately one hour, the suspect surrendered to officers and was safely taken into custody.

Urenda was arrested for brandishing a knife in a threatening manner toward his family. After the arrest, Urenda was transported to a medical facility for a psychiatric evaluation. 

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Established in 1906, the Glendale Police Department is a full-service police department with approximately 250 sworn officers, and nearly 400 total employees. The Glendale Police Department is committed to providing the highest level of public safety services through proactive policing, professionalism, and community partnerships.

Assignments include Patrol, Traffic, Investigations Bureau, Narcotics, SWAT, Motorcycles, K-9, School Resource Officer, Custody, Dispatch, and Air Support. Police Department responsibilities include 9-1-1 emergency response, proactive law enforcement, traffic enforcement and collision investigation, crime investigation and case preparation, community and school policing, and administration of the city jail facility.

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