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Apr 29, 2024
Judge Kelly Trujillo was an assistant city attorney in Vallejo from 2012 to 2020, where she worked closely with the Vallejo Police Department....
Feb 28, 2023
Former Capt. John Whitney said the chief knew officers bent their badges after shootings as early as 2014....
Nov 28, 2022
The case made national headlines because of Vallejo police Officer David McLaughlin’s apparent attempt to prevent his actions from being recorded....
Sep 02, 2022
The terms of both agreements have not been made public, pending approval by the Vallejo City Council....
Mar 31, 2022
For the last two decades, some members of the Vallejo Police Department have bent the tips of badges belonging to officers after they were involved in an on-duty shooting....
Mar 24, 2022
Former Vallejo police Lt. Kent Tribble testified Tuesday that former Concord police Officer Dan Golinveaux bent his badge during a meal at the Peppermill restaurant in 2000....
Mar 23, 2022
The judge said retired Sonoma County Sheriff Rob Giordano's investigation into Vallejo police's tradition of badge-bending after shooting someone on duty is "not designed to bring some light" into the practice....
Mar 22, 2022
Former Lt. Michael Kent Tribble testified Tuesday that he and another officer in Concord came up with the idea for officers to bend their badges following a shooting....
Jan 04, 2022
The city of Vallejo has paid $12.7 million in settlements in 23 civil rights lawsuits for incidents since Jan. 1, 2012....
Jul 30, 2021
A Vallejo city attorney told a Solano County judge that the independent investigation into so-called ‘badge bending’ should be done by mid-September....
Apr 24, 2021
by John Glidden | April 24, 2021 VALLEJO– The Vallejo City Council will receive...
Mar 12, 2017
It has more police shootings per capita than any other area police department....
