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Vallejo police to update city on DOJ reforms
Interim Vallejo Police Chief Jason Ta leaves the Vallejo City Council chambers on Feb. 14, 2023. Credit: Geoffrey King / Open Vallejo The department asserts in its presentation that it has completed...
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California’s attorney general wants court oversight of Vallejo police. Here...
Vallejo police respond to reports of an armed individual at a motel in Vallejo, Calif. on January 28, 2023. A person was taken safely into custody. Credit: Geoffrey King / Open Vallejo In 2020,...
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‘Twisted to conceal:’ How laws meant to protect children help police evade...
Jared Huey is seen cooking barbecue in this undated photograph taken around the time of his death. Credit: Courtesy of Michael Huey Warning: this article contains a graphic description, and embedded...
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Under union pressure, Vallejo police chief ends body camera analysis
Then-Deputy Vallejo Police Chief Jason Ta (left) and Police Chief Shawny Williams leave a community town hall on Sept. 14, 2022 in Vallejo, Calif. By year’s end, Williams had resigned, Ta had become...
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State senator says juvenile records laws shouldn’t shield police
California State Sen. Nancy Skinner speaks before the State Assembly’s Public Safety Committee in Sacramento, Calif. on June 26, 2018. Credit: Max Whittaker / The New York Times, via Redux The city of...
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Vallejo fails to disclose seized footage in June police shooting
Interim Vallejo Police Chief Jason Ta discusses the shooting of Jamazea Kittell during a town hall meeting on July 12, 2023, in Vallejo, Calif. Credit: Noah Berger / Special to Open Vallejo Please...
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Vallejo police concealed violent deaths for years, Open Vallejo lawsuit reveals
Andrew Lamar Washington holds his son Drew in an undated photograph. Credit: Courtesy of Andrew Lamar Washington's family Behind Hogan High School on Rosewood Avenue in Vallejo, Calif., artificial...
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Ryan McMahon, whose bent badge revealed post-killing ritual, leaves Broadmoor
Then-Vallejo Police Ofc. Ryan McMahon (second from left) participates in a charity event benefitting the Special Olympics of Northern California at the Black Bear Diner in Vallejo, Calif. on May 3,...
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Seattle police ended body camera analysis after footage caught officer...
Layla Allibhai, 5, sits atop her father Mo Allibhai’s shoulders while holding a sign for Jaahnavi Kandula during a protest on Sept. 14, 2023, in Seattle, Wash. Kandula, 23, was struck and killed by a...
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The secret death of Darryl Dean Mefferd
Darryl Mefferd. (Kate Copeland / Special to Open Vallejo) Darryl Dean Mefferd was not under arrest on the evening of Dec. 7, 2016. He was feeling sick. The night before, the 49-year-old Vallejo,...
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