The Vallejo city attorney’s office has long resisted public scrutiny of the police department’s frequent shootings. With a new law poised to force the release of shooting records, a lawyer and a detective made a decision no court can reverse.| Open Vallejo
Vallejo Residents Demand Independent Police Oversight| Change.org
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
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
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
Damien Davis is among five people killed in July shootings in Vallejo. Born in Vallejo and raised in Fairfield, he grew up playing basketball and baseball, his mother said. He loved cooking and always brought his laid-back personality and big appetite to large family gatherings.| Open Vallejo
Ta is the second police chief to leave Vallejo since May 2020, when the California Department of Justice began scrutinizing the “number and nature” of shootings by officers.| Open Vallejo