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Five Vallejo police officers pose indoors with another man in a black and white group photograph taken in the 1970s or early 1980s. Front row, left to right: John Lynch, Peter Zander, Ronald Guerra. Back row: unknown, Herbert Shrum, Burky Worel, Louis Baldino.
Posted inPublic Safety

Vallejo patrol staffing drops below 1975 levels

by Laurence Du Sault and Geoffrey King September 21, 2022October 27, 2023
Then-San Jose Police Department Capt. Jason Ta, left, poses in the Vallejo City Council chambers for a photograph with Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams minutes after Williams was sworn in as Vallejo's police chief on Nov. 12, 2019. In 2021, Williams recruited Ta to serve as his deputy chief of police.
Posted inEthics

Deputy police chief arrived impaired to Vallejo homicide, memo alleges

by Laurence Du Sault July 20, 2022January 28, 2025
A flashlight leaves a streak of light through a crime scene at night.
Posted inCity of Impunity

Vallejo tolerated officers’ mistakes. Then they killed again.

by Laurence Du Sault July 7, 2022January 28, 2025
A 3D rendering of a DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone hovering over a 3D-rendered scene that includes a man lying dead in front of an undercover police truck.
Posted inPublic Safety

Footage of Sean Monterrosa’s killing by police was ‘overwritten.’ Here is what we know about that night.

by Laurence Du Sault and Geoffrey King December 9, 2021January 29, 2025
Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams speaks with the media at his swearing-in ceremony on Nov. 12, 2019.
Posted inEthics

Claim alleges false testimony by Vallejo police chief

by Laurence Du Sault, Katy St. Clair and Geoffrey King November 1, 2021October 27, 2023
Vallejo City Manager Greg Nyhoff is seen at the swearing-in for Police Chief Shawny Williams on November 12, 2019 at Vallejo City Hall.
Posted inCity Hall, Ethics, Featured, News

City manager weakened Mare Island deal after undisclosed meetings with developers

by Chris Roberts December 2, 2020January 29, 2025
Vallejo City Councilmember Hakeem Brown, right, attends the swearing-in of Police Chief Shawny Williams last November. Elected to the council in 2018, Brown has rapidly consolidated political power by aligning himself with Vallejo’s powerful public safety unions.
Posted inFeatured

‘Domestic violence bordering on torture’: records reveal years of allegations against Vallejo councilmember

by Geoffrey King October 13, 2020January 29, 2025
Steve Darden, a member of the Vallejo Police Department Honor Guard, is seen at the swearing-in ceremony for Chief Shawny Williams on Nov. 12, 2019. He has participated in four fatal shootings, two as a primary shooter. Darden was promoted to lieutenant in February.
Posted inPublic Safety

Vallejo police bend badges to mark fatal shootings

by Geoffrey King July 28, 2020March 28, 2025
Vallejo Chief Assistant City Attorney Randy Risner attends the swearing-in ceremony for Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams on November 12, 2019 at Vallejo City Hall.
Posted inNews

Vallejo appoints interim city attorney court sanctioned for fraud

by Geoffrey King January 27, 2020December 13, 2023

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