Ethics
Hakeem Brown not Vallejo NAACP president, NAACP leader alleges
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Claiming he found “concerning anomalies” when reviewing a financial report, Brown demanded Secretary Lynda Daniels turn over control of the NAACP’s bank account.
Ethics
Vallejo officials’ handling of evidence destruction probe marked by confusion, concern
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The Vallejo city attorney’s office has recused itself from an investigation into the destruction of evidence in multiple police shootings, according to a statement from the city manager’s office — but concerns about the process remain.
Ethics
Senior officials ordered destruction of Vallejo police shooting evidence
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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.
Featured
Vallejo police reforms stall despite scrutiny over killings
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In 2020, the California DOJ endorsed 45 reforms for Vallejo police. The department has implemented just two of them.
City Manager
Vallejo police chief resigns, former Sacramento chief to consult
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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.
Public Safety
Shake-up looms as Vallejo police chief takes time off
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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.
Public Safety
Vallejo patrol staffing drops below 1975 levels
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Half a century ago, Vallejo had twice as many patrol officers per resident as it does today.
Ethics
Deputy police chief arrived impaired to Vallejo homicide, memo alleges
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Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams was notified in March that his second-in-command had been drinking before he showed up to a homicide scene in a department SUV, according to an internal memo obtained by Open Vallejo. Now, sources say the city has opened an outside investigation — which the chief says he knows nothing about.
Public Safety
Vallejo tolerated officers’ mistakes. Then they killed again.
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The Vallejo Police Department’s flawed handling of fatal police shootings allowed six officers to use deadly force again before their first cases were decided. Experts say the department’s system “isn’t even basement standard practice” and needs oversight.
Public Safety
Footage of Sean Monterrosa’s killing by police was ‘overwritten.’ Here is what we know about that night.
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As Vallejo moves to fire the detective who killed Monterrosa, newly-released records raise questions over officials’ handling of investigation.