Public Safety
Vallejo patrol staffing drops below 1975 levels
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Half a century ago, Vallejo had twice as many patrol officers per resident as it does today.
Public Safety
Vallejo tolerated officers’ mistakes. Then they killed again.
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The Vallejo Police Department’s flawed handling of fatal police shootings allowed six officers to use deadly force again before their first cases were decided. Experts say the department’s system “isn’t even basement standard practice” and needs oversight.
City Hall
Vallejo’s waterfront is for community, not cops
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Vallejo police need better facilities and deserve safe working conditions, write Andrea Sorce and Anne Carr, but a waterfront headquarters at 400 Mare Island Way is not the answer.
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.
Public Safety
Footage of Sean Monterrosa’s killing by police was ‘overwritten.’ Here is what we know about that night.
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As Vallejo moves to fire the detective who killed Monterrosa, newly-released records raise questions over officials’ handling of investigation.
Ethics
Claim alleges false testimony by Vallejo police chief
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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.
Public Safety
Detective on leave over Sean Monterrosa shooting
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An outside investigation found that Vallejo police Det. Jarrett Tonn violated department use of force policies in the 2020 killing, sources told Open Vallejo.
Partnerships
Help us investigate the Vallejo Police Department
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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.
Surveillance
Vallejo police secretly tested ‘dystopian’ facial recognition tool
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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.
Public Safety
Vallejo police lieutenant assaulted man in custody, video shows
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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.