Vallejo Police Department

Oakland attorney John Burris plans to file a federal civil rights lawsuit on Thursday against the city of Vallejo and one of its officers over the shooting of a San Francisco man through the windshield of a police vehicle.

Oakland attorney John Burris plans to file a federal civil rights lawsuit on Thursday against the city of Vallejo and one of its officers over the shooting of a San Francisco man through the windshield of a police vehicle.

Vallejo’s police chief said he has launched an independent, third-party investigation into allegations of officers bending corners of their badges to mark killings.

The Vallejo police chief announced that he’s launching an inquiry after a former member of the Vallejo Police Department command staff said he was fired after he tried to stop a tradition where officers bent the corners of their badges to mark people they killed.

A special prosecutor will oversee the investigation into the Vallejo police shooting of 20-year-old Willie McCoy in 2019.

The Vallejo police chief announced that he’s launching an inquiry after a former member of the Vallejo Police Department command staff said he was fired after he tried to stop a tradition where officers bent the corners of their badges to mark people they killed. Cheryl Hurd reports.

Protesters in Vallejo organized a car caravan to demand the city council defund the police in the wake of the killing of 22-year-old Sean Monterrosa.

A car caravan to demand the city council defund the police took place Monday, in the wake of the killing of Sean Monterrosa. Terry McSweeney reports.

As the California attorney general formally launches a state investigation into accusation of destruction of evidence by Vallejo police in last month’s deadly officer-involved shooting, the attorney for the officers involved is speaking out.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is joining Vallejo city officials in calling for an FBI investigation into the police shooting that killed Sean Monterrosa.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling for the FBI to investigate the police shooting of Sean Monterrosa in Vallejo last month. Attorney General Xavier Becerra is also calling for an investigation. Cheryl Hurd reports.

The city of Vallejo has requested a criminal investigation into the destruction of evidence pertaining to Sean Monterrosa’s fatal shooting by the Vallejo Police Department.

The city of Vallejo has requested a criminal investigation into the destruction of evidence pertaining to Sean Monterrosa’s fatal shooting by the Vallejo Police Department.

Sean Monterrosa’s sisters fear officials destroyed evidence after finding out that Vallejo police and city attorneys failed to preserve evidence in their brother’s killing.

Sean Monterrosa’s sisters fear officials destroyed evidence after finding out that Vallejo police and city attorneys failed to preserve evidence in their brother’s killing. Cheryl Hurd reports.

The Vallejo Police Department released body-worn camera video Wednesday from the officer-involved shooting that killed Sean Monterrosa last month. Jodi Hernandez reports.

The Vallejo Police Department released body-worn camera video Wednesday from the officer-involved shooting that killed Sean Monterrosa last month.

Racist language, the phrase “white power” and a Swastika were found spray-painted on a restroom in Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo on Wednesday, police said.

Racist language, the phrase “white power” and a Swastika were found spray-painted on a restroom in Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo on Wednesday, police said.

The Vallejo Police Department is the latest local police department to ban the use of the ‘sleeper hold’. Chief Shawny Williams says it’s the right thing to do as the department focuses on reform.