Joseph Gomez Archives - Open Vallejo

Police chief in a Vallejo Police Department uniform speaks to reporters holding microphones in a city council chambers, with TV cameras and other people in the background.

Former Vallejo police chief says city ignored threats

by Matthew Brown November 24, 2025December 10, 2025

Emergency responders at a waterfront scene during dusk. Police officers and firefighters are scattered across a rocky shoreline with a large vessel visible in the background. Foreground shows rough terrain and some debris, suggesting a recent incident. The sky is orange-hued, indicating either a sunset, and hills are faintly visible in the distance through a light mist.

Interim Vallejo Police Chief Jason Ta to lead fire department

by Geoffrey King April 4, 2024September 23, 2024

Vallejo deputy police chief leaves department effective immediately

by Geoffrey King and Anna Bauman March 27, 2024September 23, 2024

A Black woman in her early 40s wearing a white shirt poses for a portrait on her porch at sunset. An uncannily-accurate tattoo of her twin brother Charles, who was killed by Vallejo police in 2007, when they were 26, adorns her right arm.

Vallejo police concealed violent deaths for years, Open Vallejo lawsuit reveals

by Laurence Du Sault August 24, 2023October 17, 2025