Open Vallejo (https://openvallejo.org/author/brian-howey/)
Vallejo Police Department policy requires written authorization before officers launch drones. When an Open Vallejo investigation found no evidence that the rule was being followed, the department decided to change it.
Vallejo police tested a facial recognition system that is the subject of numerous lawsuits and government investigations, according to search data obtained by BuzzFeed News.
USC’s Annenberg School of Journalism has awarded Open Vallejo a Selden Ring Special Citation for revealing a secret post-killing tradition within the Vallejo Police Department.