Get the facts about police violence and accountability in Vallejo, CA. Evaluate each department and hold them accountable at PoliceScorecard.org| Police Scorecard: Vallejo, CA
The Vallejo Police Department is hiring a new deputy chief, promoting multiple officers to the upper echelons of its command staff, and disbanding two key programs — all while the police chief is expected to be out of the office for weeks, Open Vallejo has confirmed.| Open Vallejo
Half a century ago, Vallejo had twice as many patrol officers per resident as it does today.| Open Vallejo
Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams was notified in March that his second-in-command had been drinking before he showed up to a homicide scene in a department SUV, according to an internal memo obtained by Open Vallejo. Now, sources say the city has opened an outside investigation — which the chief says he knows nothing about.| Open Vallejo
Former Lt. Herman Robinson, Vallejo’s longest-serving police officer, accused Chief Shawny Williams of making false statements under oath as Williams sought to fire him, records obtained by Open Vallejo show.| Open Vallejo
As Vallejo moves to fire the detective who killed Monterrosa, newly-released records raise questions over officials' handling of investigation.| Open Vallejo
The tradition is known at the highest levels of Vallejo city government and to Solano County's district attorney, sources say.| Open Vallejo
After years of impunity, the police in Vallejo, California, took over the city’s politics and threatened its people.| The New Yorker
SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, the City of Vallejo, and the Vallejo Police Department (VPD) today announced an agreement to collaborate on a comprehensive policing plan in an effort to modernize and reform VPD’s policies and practices and increase public trust.| State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General