Op-Ed
Disband the Vallejo Police Department
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After Aaron Quinn’s girlfriend Denise Huskins was kidnapped, Vallejo police insisted that he had murdered her. When Huskins was released two days later, they accused the couple of making it all up.
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After Aaron Quinn’s girlfriend Denise Huskins was kidnapped, Vallejo police insisted that he had murdered her. When Huskins was released two days later, they accused the couple of making it all up.
Former Lt. Herman Robinson, Vallejo’s longest-serving police officer, accused Chief Shawny Williams of making false statements under oath as Williams sought to fire him, records obtained by Open Vallejo show.
An outside investigation found that Vallejo police Det. Jarrett Tonn violated department use of force policies in the 2020 killing, sources told Open Vallejo.
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.
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.
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.
Federal prosecutors should charge my brother’s killers — and the local officials who enabled them.
The Vallejo Police Department released its unredacted policy manual in response to a lawsuit brought by Open Vallejo, revealing policies for foot pursuits, use of batons and dogs that the department had previously attempted to keep secret.
Vallejo Police Department spokesperson Brittany K. Jackson participates in a policing “virtual town hall” on July 23, 2020 in Vallejo. Vallejo’s police union filed an unfair labor complaint in June alleging the city unlawfully hired a civilian to act as the department spokesperson, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by Open Vallejo.
The Vallejo Police Officers’ Association filed the unfair labor charges with the California Public Employment Relations Board, accusing city officials of acting in bad faith when they hired Brittany K. Jackson as the department’s new public information officer in May. The spokesperson role has historically been held by a sworn member of the department. But officers have exacerbated existing controversies over the years, most notably in 2015, when Lieutenant Kenny Park falsely suggested the victim of a kidnapping and sexual assault had staged the crime along with her fiancé. The FBI later arrested Matthew Muller, a disbarred attorney and former Marine, who was convicted of kidnapping and sentenced to 40 years in federal prison.