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Aug 08, 2020
The Vallejo Police Officers’ Association accused city officials of acting in bad faith when they hired Brittany K. Jackson as the department’s new public information officer....
Jul 27, 2020
Of 45 officers whose actions over the last decade have led to monetary payouts in civil rights lawsuits, all but 15 have been promoted or received an award since the incident,...
Apr 02, 2020
As the novel coronavirus spread in the state, a Solano County judge denied numerous motions to continue a troubled double kidnapping and rape case marred by allegations that a Vallejo police detective withheld exculpatory evidence....
Mar 11, 2020
In California, a Vallejo detective and a Solano County prosecutor concealed exculpatory evidence from a man facing murder charges. They went on to face accusations of misconduct in other high-profile cases....
Dec 18, 2019
Since 2010, no Vallejo officer has been disciplined for using deadly force, despite multiple shootings of unarmed people—including a man holding a can of beer. And active police union leaders have been involved in the shooting investigations....
Sep 26, 2019
The City of Vallejo said in a press release that the prior agreement’s terms “did not require the testing and testing was not consistently conducted....
Jun 27, 2019
Burris’s office listed 23 other recent incidents of alleged misconduct by Vallejo police....
Jun 25, 2019
He cited statistics that Vallejo police respond to 65,000 calls for service per year and use force during 150 of them....
Jun 09, 2019
From 2013-2018, Vallejo paid out $6,184,587 in civil rights cases. That amounts to $9,370 per officer per year, thousands of dollars more than other agencies nationwide....
May 15, 2019
While only about 30% of Bay Area residents are Hispanic or Black, more than 60% of people shot and killed by police officers over the last decade are Hispanic or Black....
May 05, 2019
McMahon had attempted to stop Foster, 33, for riding a bicycle without a headlamp....
Feb 17, 2019
McCoy, 20, was a rapper who performed under the name Willie Bo. He was allegedly found unconscious in his 2006 Mercedes in the drive-through lane at the Taco Bell at 974 Admiral Callaghan Lane....
