Feb 07, 2022

Solano Sheriff’s Sgt. Cully Pratt, who made Three Percenter gun rack, retires from department

Pratt said he did not believe the Three Percenter symbols represented anti-government views....

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  Feb 02, 2022

Solano Sheriff Tom Ferrara raises $37K for re-election

Ferrara also began the new year without a declared opponent....

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  Dec 31, 2021

2021 was year of turnover and turmoil in Vallejo and Solano County government

The city of Vallejo grappled with a significant amount of turnover at city hall and within the Vallejo Police Department....

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  Dec 16, 2021

Jury finds Solano sheriff’s sergeant did not sexually harass dispatcher, despite IA determination

An IA investigator recommended Sgt. Jason Speakman be fired....

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  Dec 15, 2021

Solano supervisors to replace DA with new lead agency for Family Justice Center

A report found that the center was failing at its core mission....

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  Nov 23, 2021

Vallejo’s response to homelessness includes wasted millions, empty hotel rooms and police evictions

There is little room in Vallejo’s only homeless shelter. Its Project Roomkey program to put people in hotels during the pandemic has been winding down for months. Promises of new resources, like a navigation center, have gone on for years with little progress....

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  Nov 03, 2021

Supervisors decline to enact oversight of Solano sheriff’s office

Sheriff Tom Ferrara defended his office regarding several recent scandals that led to calls for oversight....

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  Oct 29, 2021

Pressure grows for oversight of Solano County Sheriff’s Office

Activists have finally succeeded in convincing the Board of Supervisors to consider forming an oversight body with subpoena power to investigate the sheriff’s office....

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  Oct 14, 2021

Solano deputy named in beating of Black woman was sued for similar incident in 2017

Dalton McCampbell was one of two deputies who arrested Nakia Porter near Dixon when Porter pulled over to switch drivers while driving from Oakland to Sacramento County....

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  Sep 23, 2021

Solano DA sues county supervisors to keep troubled Family Justice Center

The lawsuit filed last month alleges that the supervisors violated state law when they voted during a budget hearing in June to move control of the Family Justice Center’s budget from the DA’s office to the county administrator....

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  Sep 16, 2021

Rally for woman beaten by Solano deputies calls for sheriff to resign or be removed

Attorney Yasin Almadani said that Ferrara should “do the right thing and step down” and called for an investigation by both the state and federal Department of Justice....

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  Aug 30, 2021

Solano supervisors to discuss possible new oversight of sheriff’s office

Such a board would be authorized under new state legislation passed last year that allows the supervisors to create an oversight board with subpoena power....

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