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Reporters have documented 33 killings by police since 2000 in Vallejo. We need your help to learn more about Vallejo police violence and potential misconduct.
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Reporters have documented 33 killings by police since 2000 in Vallejo. We need your help to learn more about Vallejo police violence and potential misconduct.
Current and former FBI officials cast doubt on Solano County Sheriff Tom Ferrara’s claim that federal agents cleared his employees of membership in a far-right militia.
Vallejo police tested a facial recognition system that is the subject of numerous lawsuits and government investigations, according to search data obtained by BuzzFeed News.
Several officials, including two members of Congress, are calling for an investigation into possible far-right extremism inside the Solano County Sheriff’s Office.
USC’s Annenberg School of Journalism has awarded Open Vallejo a Selden Ring Special Citation for revealing a secret post-killing tradition within the Vallejo Police Department.
For years, high-profile members of the Solano County Sheriff’s Office have shown support for a far-right extremist group linked to terrorist plots around the country.
Surveillance video shows then-Detective Kent Tribble repeatedly struck 29-year-old Enrique Cruz as he sat inside a Vallejo Police Department holding cell in 2012.
Vallejo’s police union filed an unfair labor complaint in June alleging the city unlawfully hired a civilian to act as the department spokesperson.
The tradition is known at the highest levels of Vallejo city government and to Solano County’s district attorney, sources say.