DeValkenaere is the first Kansas City law enforcement officer to be convicted for the fatal shooting of a Black man. Following the conviction, the department suspended DeValkenaere without pay.| KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
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
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