In November 2022, during a monthly meeting of the Chief's Community Advisory Board (CAB), sitting members of the Board, along with Interim Chief Jason Ta, elected to extend Board Member terms through 2024.

The US Department of Justice hosted its inaugural CVIPI Conference in St. Louis, MO earlier this month, convening over 400 attendees that included DOJ grantees, training and technical assistance provider organizations, and impactful speakers. The conference marked the inaugural convening of communities funded under the department’s Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative, a first-of-its-kind federal grant program tailored to support community-driven safety solutions and reduce gun violence. The City of Vallejo Police Department (VPD) attended as a Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) grantee for Project HOPE.

In July 2022, The Vallejo Police Department (VPD) closed its lobby on Tuesdays to support the transition to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) to improve the overall quality of crime data collected by law enforcement. This closure has been extended through January 2023.

On February 3, 2023, at 5:00 A.M, the Vallejo Police Department S.W.A.T. Team served a search warrant in the 900 block of Nebraska St., where four adults were detained. This search warrant was related to the shooting that occurred on January 31,2023, where a female juvenile was shot.

The Vallejo Police Department is releasing the name and identity of the victim, 41-year-old Dayna Jones of Richmond. The VPD confirmed the next of kin in this case and has made contact with the victim’s family.

On January 31, 2023, at approximately 3:30 PM Vallejo Police responded to a shooting near Vallejo High School. At this time in the investigation, it appears that the shooting was between two moving vehicles.

On January 18th at approximately 11:44 pm, Vallejo Police Officers responded to a report of a person in a marsh area near the 200 block of Wilson Ave. Upon arrival, Officers located an adult female deceased in the water.

On January 14, 2023, at 7:04 a.m., the Vallejo Police Department received a call about a single-vehicle collision in the 300 block of Swan Way.