, April 25, 2024
Sep 14, 2023
Former Vallejo police Capt. John Whitney said he hopes the settlement “is the beginning of some of the major changes that I have always advocated for in Vallejo.”...
Feb 28, 2023
Former Capt. John Whitney said the chief knew officers bent their badges after shootings as early as 2014....
Nov 09, 2022
Angel Ramos was shot by Vallejo police officer Zachary Jacobsen in January 2017....
Sep 02, 2022
The terms of both agreements have not been made public, pending approval by the Vallejo City Council....
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....
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....
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 22, 2021
Vallejo police officer Zachary Jacobsen shot and killed Ramos, 21, during a family fight in January 2017....
Dec 10, 2021
Vallejo police officer Zachary Jacobsen shot and killed Ramos, 21, during a family fight in January 2017....
Mar 24, 2021
The Appeal examined 17 fatal shootings by the Vallejo police over the last decade and found at least six cases where the person shot may have been unarmed....
Jan 14, 2021
Special prosecutor Michael Ramos said the officers only had minutes to formulate a plan to use non-lethal force....
