Vallejo Police Officers Association

  107 posts

  Oct 20, 2021

Vallejo police virtual town hall avoids direct community engagement

Questions were relayed from smaller groups and hand-picked to be presented to Chief Shawny Williams. He only took four questions...

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  Oct 11, 2021

Vallejo City Council to get update on status of waterfront property near ferry terminal

The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation has plans to demolish the dental office and construct a new two-story building with a cultural center and high-end restaurant....

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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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  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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  Apr 06, 2021

Vallejo city manager confirmed Tonn as shooter days after Monterrosa was killed, emails show

City manager Greg Nyhoff said the officer's name had "leaked out."...

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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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  Sep 09, 2020

JumpStart facing $14,000 fine from state watchdog

JumpStart Vallejo is facing a $14,000 fine from the state’s election...

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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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  Dec 18, 2019

In Vallejo, police kill with near impunity

Since 2010, no Vallejo officer has been disciplined for using deadly force, despite multiple shootings of unarmed people—including a man holding a can of beer. And active police union leaders have been involved in the shooting investigations....

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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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