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Kent Tribble

Posted inFeatured

American Canyon officer in Vallejo shooting linked to badge bending

by Geoffrey King January 12, 2024March 12, 2024
Jared Huey, a skinny teenage boy wearing a baseball cap and a longsleeve shirt with the sleeves rolled up barbecues in a backyard on a sunny day. An open Dr. Pepper soda can be seen within arm's reach. The photograph appears to have been taken with a broken camera that let light leak in, giving the image a nostalgic, multi-color effect.
Posted inPublic Safety

‘Twisted to conceal:’ How laws meant to protect children help police evade scrutiny

by Laurence Du Sault June 28, 2023January 29, 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

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