policing

  385 posts

  Feb 24, 2022

Deputy physically accosted defense attorney in Solano courtroom, court filings allege

The public defender’s office is seeking to have Judge Carlos Gutierrez removed from a criminal case due to the incident....

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  Feb 23, 2022

Vallejo police gathering feedback on new use of force policy

The new policy would prohibit officers from shooting at moving vehicles and adds guidance for dealing with armed but unresponsive people....

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  Feb 22, 2022

Vallejo to settle lawsuit alleging officers beat man after storming home

Rodolfo Lopez alleged he suffered a mild traumatic brain injury and needed staples to close a wound on his head....

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  Feb 18, 2022

Vallejo City Council to get update on about 40 lawsuits

About half of the cases involve the city defending the Vallejo Police Department in federal and state courts....

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  Feb 17, 2022

Vallejo City Council to consider $30M loan to design, retrofit new police HQ

Vallejo police have been using the building for nearly two years....

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  Feb 15, 2022

Vallejo officer who shot Willie McCoy disciplined for stepping on man’s head

Officer Colin Eaton was suspended for 80 hours the following year for pinning a man’s head down with his boot for nearly a minute...

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  Feb 15, 2022

Vallejo police sergeant referred to police chief as ‘Black Jesus’

The investigation sustained two findings that Sgt. Robert Greenberg used indecent/derogatory language and engaged in conduct unbecoming of a member of the department....

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  Feb 11, 2022

Benicia elementary school apologizes for handing out ‘thin blue line’ T-shirts

The shirts were handed out to fifth grade students graduating from the program at Robert Semple Elementary School....

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  Feb 09, 2022

The Willie McCoy tapes: inside the Vallejo police investigation

Never before heard interviews with the officers involved in the Vallejo police killing of Willie McCoy....

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  Feb 07, 2022

Solano Sheriff’s Sgt. Cully Pratt, who made Three Percenter gun rack, retires from department

Pratt said he did not believe the Three Percenter symbols represented anti-government views....

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  Feb 03, 2022

Vacaville police say officer who shot fleeing, unarmed man did not violate policy

A Vacaville officer and Solano County Sheriff’s sergeant also fired on Raymond Real during an earlier vehicle pursuit in a stolen car but missed....

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  Feb 02, 2022

Solano Sheriff Tom Ferrara raises $37K for re-election

Ferrara also began the new year without a declared opponent....

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