Michael Nichelini

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Vallejo police Lt. Michael Nichelini is the president of the Vallejo Police Officers Association. He was fired from the department in April 2021 and reinstated in December 2022 after an arbitrator's decision.

  Dec 02, 2021

Report finds Vallejo’s Jarrett Tonn violated policy when he killed Sean Monterrosa

The department still has not named Jarrett Tonn as the shooter, but indicated in a press release that it intends to impose discipline for the policy violations....

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  Nov 30, 2021

Vallejo PD loses another member of command staff as Capt. Lee Horton retires

Moments before Vallejo police officer Jarrett Tonn fatally shot Sean Monterrosa, Horton announced that “it looks like they’re armed, possibly armed."...

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  Sep 29, 2021

Vallejo PD hires new deputy police chief from San Jose

Jason Ta is the latest to be plucked from the San Jose Police Department by Chief Shawny Williams....

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  Sep 24, 2021

Vallejo police officer driving truck during Monterrosa shooting is leaving to take job in Napa

Waggoner was named in a federal lawsuit alleging he, along with several other officers, used excessive force to detain Carl Edwards outside his Vallejo building in July 2017....

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  Sep 23, 2021

Vallejo’s water director to be named interim city manager

He will receive an annual salary of $234,250, according to the proposed employment agreement. Malone will have the ability to return to the water director position upon termination of the agreement....

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  May 26, 2021

Drone files raise new questions of evidence destruction in Vallejo police killing of Sean Monterrosa

Newly available files raise new questions about what happened to any footage captured by the drone....

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  Apr 24, 2021

Vallejo City Council to get update on excessive force lawsuit filed against officer who held man at gun point while off-duty

by John Glidden | April 24, 2021 VALLEJO– The Vallejo City Council will receive...

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  Oct 15, 2020

Vallejo committee fined for campaign disclosure violations

VALLEJO–A committee opened to support passage of a Vallejo school bond has...

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  Oct 05, 2020

Vallejo police union calls proposed public safety emergency an 'illegal power grab'

The Vallejo Police Officers’ Association (VPOA) is calling a proposed move by the...

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  Aug 08, 2020

Police union alleges hiring of civilian spokesperson ‘unlawful’

The Vallejo Police Officers’ Association accused city officials of acting in bad faith when they hired Brittany K. Jackson as the department’s new public information officer....

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  Sep 26, 2019

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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