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
“I’ve determined that we will begin anew not because people weren’t qualified necessarily, but in terms of the totality of the circumstances," Interim Salinas City Manager Jim Pia said in a statement.| 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