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An overhead view taken from a drone shows a Black man being placed against a police SUV as he is arrested during daytime.
Posted inPrivacy

Vallejo police to weaken drone policy amid potential violations

by Brian Howey April 21, 2022October 17, 2024
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 Det. Jarrett Tonn
Posted inPublic Safety

Detective on leave over Sean Monterrosa shooting

by Laurence Du Sault and Geoffrey King July 11, 2021October 27, 2023
Protest signs left at the site of Sean Monterrosa's killing by Vallejo police can be seen on June 5, 2020 in Vallejo, Calif. Monterrosa was killed three days earlier by an officer who had three prior shootings since joining the Vallejo Police Department in 2014.
Posted inPublic Safety

Help us investigate the Vallejo Police Department

by Laurence Du Sault May 14, 2021October 27, 2023
FBI Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan speaks to reporters at a press conference in Fairfield, Calif. in 2018. Solano County Sheriff Tom Ferrara, second from right, has recently sought to downplay concerns about possible far-right extremism in his agency following an investigation by Open Vallejo.
Posted inNews, Public Safety

FBI rebuffs sheriff’s claim it cleared deputies of extremist ties

by Scott Morris April 26, 2021October 27, 2023
Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams is sworn into office under the gaze of a city surveillance camera on Nov. 12, 2019. A BuzzFeed News investigation found that Vallejo was one of more than 1,800 public entities to use a facial recognition technology so powerful, it is the subject of numerous lawsuits and several government probes. A Vallejo police spokesperson said the department’s command staff were unaware of its use prior to being contacted for comment by Open Vallejo.
Posted inNews

Vallejo police secretly tested ‘dystopian’ facial recognition tool

by Brian Howey April 13, 2021April 29, 2025
An official portrait of Solano County Sheriff Tom Ferrara
Posted inNews, Public Safety

Amid calls for investigation, sheriff stands by deputies who displayed militia support

by Scott Morris March 9, 2021October 27, 2023
A photograph depicting the facade of the University of Southern California's Annenberg Hall
Posted inNews

Open Vallejo wins national journalism honor for exposing secret police ritual

by Brian Howey February 10, 2021October 27, 2023
A man stands among a crowd of people in silhouette against a backlit flag of the "Three Percenter" militia.
Posted inNews

Solano deputies, Vacaville councilmember promote anti-government militia

by Scott Morris February 4, 2021October 27, 2023
Surveillance video shows then-Detective Kent Tribble repeatedly struck Enrique Cruz, 29, as Cruz sat in a holding cell inside the Vallejo Police Department in 2012. Tribble has since been promoted to lieutenant, and is as a senior member of the department's command staff.
Posted inNews, Public Safety

Vallejo police lieutenant assaulted man in custody, video shows

by Brian Krans January 21, 2021October 27, 2023

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Senior officials ordered destruction of Vallejo police shooting evidence

Vallejo police bend badges to mark fatal shootings

Vallejo police bend badges to mark fatal shootings

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Suspects in killings of Vallejo witness, Vermont border patrol agent connected by marriage license, extreme ideology

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