The Vallejo City Attorney’s Office hopes to identify the authors behind two pseudonymous social media accounts, confidential records obtained by Open Vallejo show.
Public Safety
Vallejo police to update city on DOJ reforms
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The Vallejo Police Department has prepared an update on California Department of Justice reforms it plans to present at a special City Council meeting tonight. But one notable stakeholder was left out of the department’s assessment — the DOJ.
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Civil rights investigation ‘on the table’ in Vallejo, Bonta says
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Bonta gave the clearest indication to date that his office intends to continue — and potentially deepen — its review of Vallejo police.
Public Safety
State Justice Department has not probed — or even logged — all police shootings of possibly unarmed people
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The California Department of Justice said it cannot say how many cases it chose not to investigate during the past 18 months under a new state law, which aimed to ensure state oversight of police shootings.
Public Safety
Termination overturned for Vallejo police lieutenant who threatened journalist
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If Nichelini is reinstated, “it should raise concern from the streets of Vallejo to the attorney general’s office about how seriously the police department is taking reform,” Otis R. Taylor, Jr., the reporter who received the menacing email, told Open Vallejo.
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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.
Public Safety
Solano sheriff releases footage of Juneteenth shooting in Vallejo
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In response to a California Public Records Act request filed by Open Vallejo, the Solano County Sheriff’s Office has disclosed body camera and vehicle camera footage from the fatal shooting of 28-year-old man on June 19.
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.
Privacy
Vallejo police to weaken drone policy amid potential violations
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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.
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.
Public Safety
Detective on leave over Sean Monterrosa shooting
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An outside investigation found that Vallejo police Det. Jarrett Tonn violated department use of force policies in the 2020 killing, sources told Open Vallejo.