, May 26, 2023
May 22, 2023
Vallejo police have used their cell site simulator 73 times from 2020 through 2022....
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....
Jun 09, 2022
Fired Deputy Police Chief Michael Kihmm a wrote a letter requesting that a notice of termination written by Chief Shawny Williams be removed from his personnel file....
Apr 26, 2022
Lt. Sanjay Ramrakha is currently heading the department’s efforts to reform its use of force policy....
Apr 18, 2022
Then-Sgt. Sanjay Ramrakha found that Officers Christopher Hendrix and Rashad Hollis did not effectively communicate with each other or discuss other options....
Mar 31, 2022
Under the new initiative, the city is divided into north, south, west, and east areas....
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 24, 2022
Former Vallejo police Lt. Kent Tribble testified Tuesday that former Concord police Officer Dan Golinveaux bent his badge during a meal at the Peppermill restaurant in 2000....
Mar 22, 2022
Former Lt. Michael Kent Tribble testified Tuesday that he and another officer in Concord came up with the idea for officers to bend their badges following a shooting....
Feb 23, 2022
The new policy would prohibit officers from shooting at moving vehicles and adds guidance for dealing with armed but unresponsive people....
Feb 15, 2022
Officer Colin Eaton was suspended for 80 hours the following year for pinning a man’s head down with his boot for nearly a minute...