Anna Bauman

The next chief will take the helm as the city works to implement a sweeping set of policing reforms outlined in a settlement agreement reached in April with the state DOJ.

In the past 12 months, four people — two suspects and two bystanders — have died in pursuits involving Vallejo police.

Community members will gather outside the Vallejo Police Department at 5 p.m. Friday to honor victims of violence in Vallejo.

Damien Davis is among five people killed in July shootings in Vallejo. Born in Vallejo and raised in Fairfield, he grew up playing basketball and baseball, his mother said. He loved cooking and always brought his laid-back personality and big appetite to large family gatherings.

“The actual work of the reform hasn’t been initiated,” Vallejo resident Liat Meitzenheimer said at the public meeting. “We’re not seeing it in the community. We’re not seeing it reflected.”

City Manager Andrew Murray said in an email to Open Vallejo Friday that he remains confident the process will identify a successful leader.

Vallejo City Manager Andrew Murray said during Tuesday's council meeting that he “failed the community,” adding that the police chief hiring process “missed the mark."

Vallejo City Manager Andrew Murray sought to keep the candidates’ names hidden from the public.

This story was originally published by Open Vallejo, a nonprofit investigative newsroom serving the public interest. Interim Police Chief Jason Ta and two

“I see a beautiful city with amazing people and a government that’s just mismanaged and failing us,” Sorce told Open Vallejo last week in her first interview since Election Day.