Open Vallejo (https://openvallejo.org/tag/california-doj/)
The city of Vallejo has released three body camera videos from the June 27 nonfatal shooting of Jamazea Deyon Kittell, but as of Thursday afternoon had withheld other footage that could shed additional light on the incident, according to witnesses who spoke with Open Vallejo.
A Vallejo police officer shot and wounded a person early Tuesday morning, ending the longest period of time the department had gone without shooting at a person in more than 20 years.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta plans to intensify state oversight of Vallejo police. What will it mean for the city? Open Vallejo asked five police oversight and criminal justice experts to find out.
Bonta gave the clearest indication to date that his office intends to continue — and potentially deepen — its review of Vallejo police.
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.
In 2020, the California DOJ endorsed 45 reforms for Vallejo police. The department has implemented just two of them.