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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.
An outside investigation found that Vallejo police Det. Jarrett Tonn violated department use of force policies in the 2020 killing, sources told Open Vallejo.
At least five women have accused Brown of physical violence over the past two decades, an Open Vallejo investigation has found.
We spent a year building a database of generational police violence in Vallejo. Today we are making it public.
The tradition is known at the highest levels of Vallejo city government and to Solano County’s district attorney, sources say.
Vallejo Chief Assistant City Attorney Randy Risner has been fired or abruptly resigned from three cities after coming under media scrutiny.
In 2011, a federal judge sanctioned him for ‘serious’ misconduct involving client funds.
Vallejo city attorney sought prosecutorial “partnership” with court
In Vallejo, structural violence and physical violence are intimately linked.