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Jason Potts

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
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
Members of the Vallejo Police Department, including Chief Shawny Williams, Deputy Chief Michael Kihmm, and Captain Jason Potts pose for a photograph with the controversial "Blue Lives Matter" flag, which has been criticized for its associations with the white supremacist movement. The Vallejo Police Department posted the image to its official social media accounts on Dec. 25, 2020, but deleted it from Twitter following criticism. The photograph remains on the department’s official Facebook and Instagram pages.
Posted inPublic Safety

Blue Life

by Nijah Cunningham and Tiana Reid December 25, 2020October 27, 2023

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