Unfortunately, @PeteJamison caused enormous pain with a story that does not stand up to the facts. @VallejoPD killed 17 people from 2001–2010, and 17 again from 2011–2020, Open Vallejo research shows. Vallejo was in bankruptcy from 2008–2011. VPD pay, pensions were a major cause.
(One pre-2010 death was ruled a suicide. It occurred during a shootout.)
From 2011–2020, the per-year average number of shootings by @VallejoPD did increase over the prior decade, from 2.7 to 3.4 And there was a major spike in 2012. Why?
Sean Kenney killed 3 men in 5 months.
From 2011–2020, the per-year average number of shootings by @VallejoPD did increase over the prior decade, from 2.7 to 3.4 And there was a major spike in 2012. Why?
Sean Kenney killed 3 men in 5 months.
Kenney retired from @VallejoPD to found Line Driven Strategies, a law enforcement tactical training firm, Open Vallejo first revealed. If you treat Kenney as an outlier, the number of killings goes from 17 to 14. For now.
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Without Kenney in the data, the average number of shootings also evens out. (Kenney shot 5 people between 2011–2018). They average 2.7 per year from 2001–2010, and 2.9 per year from 2011–2020. (@AGBecerra's probe of VPD only goes back to 2013.) kqed.org/news/135682/am…
The @CityofVallejo's bankruptcy was in large part caused by @VallejoPD and Fire Department pension liabilities. money.cnn.com/2014/03/10/pf/…
A second bankruptcy is now plausible, this time exacerbated by civil rights settlements that caused @CityofVallejo to lose its insurance coverage. The city's self-insurance costs are now $2.5 million more per year. medium.com/@geoffwking/th…
And when Vallejo went bankrupt, it did not "defund" police services as the term is being used by activists.
We aren't going to wade into that debate at this time. But the @WashingtonPost's clarification is entirely inadequate. The paper should retract the article and apologize.
We aren't going to wade into that debate at this time. But the @WashingtonPost's clarification is entirely inadequate. The paper should retract the article and apologize.
@CityofVallejo Correction: @CityofVallejo’s self-insurance is $2.5 million total per year, which is $2 million more per year than before the city left its previous insurance pool.
(It is critical that news organizations be accountable, which includes self-accountability.)
(It is critical that news organizations be accountable, which includes self-accountability.)
