, May 30, 2023
May 17, 2023
The oversight agreement between the DOJ and the Vallejo Police Department to institute 45 reform recommendations is set to come to a close on June 5....
Feb 28, 2023
Former Capt. John Whitney said the chief knew officers bent their badges after shootings as early as 2014....
Feb 14, 2023
Willie McCoy’s family wants his name to remain synonymous with police violence....
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....
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....
Apr 18, 2022
The police union said that the 33% decline in reported force incidents was because there were fewer officers in the department....
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 09, 2022
Protesters confronted Vallejo Police Chief Shawny Williams as they alleged that he has no power to reform the department....
Feb 09, 2022
Never before heard interviews with the officers involved in the Vallejo police killing of Willie McCoy....
Jan 04, 2022
The city of Vallejo has paid $12.7 million in settlements in 23 civil rights lawsuits for incidents since Jan. 1, 2012....
Dec 08, 2021
Thursday’s disclosure also contained redacted audio files of interviews with key players as Vallejo detectives investigated their own....