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Over residents’ objections, Vallejo limits drug testing of police


The City of Vallejo said in a press release that the prior agreement’s terms “did not require the testing and testing was not consistently conducted.

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Over residents’ objections, Vallejo limits drug testing of police
Alicia Saddler expresses her opposition to Vallejo’s new union contract limiting drug testing of officers shortly before it passed by a 6-1 vote of the city council. Saddler’s brother Angel Ramos was killed by Vallejo police in 2017. Photo by Brian Krans.

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