The Vallejo Police Department has prepared an update on California Department of Justice reforms it plans to present at a special City Council meeting tonight. But one notable stakeholder was left out of the department’s assessment — the DOJ.| Open Vallejo
Bonta gave the clearest indication to date that his office intends to continue — and potentially deepen — its review of Vallejo police.| Open Vallejo
If Nichelini is reinstated, “it should raise concern from the streets of Vallejo to the attorney general’s office about how seriously the police department is taking reform,” Otis R. Taylor, Jr., the reporter who received the menacing email, told Open Vallejo.| Open Vallejo
In 2020, the California DOJ endorsed 45 reforms for Vallejo police. The department has implemented just two of them.| Open Vallejo
The City of Vallejo has signed a $100,000 consulting agreement with former Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn, whose tenure included the fatal shootings of Stephon Clark and Darrell Richards.| 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
The tradition is known at the highest levels of Vallejo city government and to Solano County's district attorney, sources say.| Open Vallejo
This week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta is expected to file a lawsuit in Solano County Superior Court alleging that the Vallejo Police Department has routinely violated individuals’ constitutional rights, necessitating court-ordered reforms, a half-dozen people with knowledge of the matter told Open Vallejo.| Open Vallejo
