, April 18, 2024
Jan 17, 2023
Ryan McMahon — who shot and killed Ronell Foster in February 2018 and was one of six officers who shot and killed Willie McCoy a year later — was flagged for poor performance in connection with seven different incidents in 2018 alone....
Nov 23, 2022
The ACLU seeks to compel the city to release an investigatory report completed by former Sonoma County Sheriff Rob Giordano....
Jul 20, 2022
While then-Sgt. Sanjay Ramrakha cleared McMahon of any policy violations in the fatal shooting, both the department's deputy police chief and interim police chief who ordered the investigation disagreed....
Jul 13, 2022
Officers may have obtained refurbished or replacement badges to obscure a tradition of bending the tips of their badges to mark on-duty shootings....
Jul 08, 2022
Lt. Herman Robinson filed his lawsuit alleging that Chief Shawny Williams has refused to allow him to return to work....
Jun 02, 2022
Assistant City Attorney Katelyn Knight also confirmed, for the first time, the names of the other officers present when Vallejo police shot and killed Sean Monterrosa on June 2, 2020....
Apr 21, 2022
The arbitrator also ordered the city to pay 10% interest on Lt. Herman Robinson’s back pay....
Mar 31, 2022
For the last two decades, some members of the Vallejo Police Department have bent the tips of badges belonging to officers after they were involved in an on-duty shooting....
Mar 23, 2022
The judge said retired Sonoma County Sheriff Rob Giordano's investigation into Vallejo police's tradition of badge-bending after shooting someone on duty is "not designed to bring some light" into the practice....
Feb 18, 2022
About half of the cases involve the city defending the Vallejo Police Department in federal and state courts....
Feb 15, 2022
The investigation sustained two findings that Sgt. Robert Greenberg used indecent/derogatory language and engaged in conduct unbecoming of a member of the department....
Nov 04, 2021
Herman Robinson, who served 47-years with the Vallejo Police Department before being terminated on April 1, alleges that Williams lied under oath....
