, June 18, 2025
May 01, 2025
Lt. Michael Nichelini retired from the department in April and left his position in union leadership....
Jun 03, 2024
Ryan McMahon was the only officer disciplined for the shooting of Willie McCoy, who was found unresponsive behind the wheel of his car in a Taco Bell drive-thru in 2019....
Apr 29, 2024
Judge Kelly Trujillo was an assistant city attorney in Vallejo from 2012 to 2020, where she worked closely with the Vallejo Police Department....
Apr 11, 2024
The attorneys allege that they attempted to serve VPOA President Lt. Michael Nichelini at his condo in Nevada, but he lied and said he wasn’t Nichelini....
Jan 31, 2024
‘How do I make it so you look like a monster?’ Detective Mat Mustard asks the boyfriend of a kidnapping victim in the Netflix docuseries. Mustard, who was never disciplined for his role in accusing the couple of a hoax, continued to have other controversies....
Jan 25, 2024
Attorney tells Sun to "not do a story" on records publicly posted to the federal court's website....
Jan 25, 2024
Ryan McMahon recently completed arbitration proceedings to get his job back in Vallejo and the city is awaiting a final ruling from the arbitrator....
Jan 09, 2024
The settlement is one of the largest in the city’s history....
Oct 18, 2023
Officer Colin Eaton was one of six officers who shot and killed Willie McCoy in 2019....
Sep 19, 2023
The lawsuit alleges that former Vallejo police Officer Ryan McMahon was forced to leave the Broadmoor Police Department after the Vallejo Sun reported that he was flagged for poor performance in Vallejo....
Sep 14, 2023
Former Vallejo police Capt. John Whitney said he hopes the settlement “is the beginning of some of the major changes that I have always advocated for in Vallejo.”...
Mar 09, 2023
Vallejo police Sgt. Mat Mustard pushed for a “a very watered down” version of the sergeant’s exam, former Capt. John Whitney testified....
