6 cops found with violations, 8 others cleared in Vallejo police badge bending scandal

6 cops found with violations, 8 others cleared in Vallejo police badge bending scandal

After a five-year holdup, the City of Vallejo on Tuesday released an investigation into the practice of Vallejo police officers bending the tips of their badges at celebratory barbecues each time they killed a civilian on the job.

Vallejo releases investigation into police badge bending five years after its completion

VALLEJO – The city of Vallejo on Tuesday released its long-anticipated investigation into “badge-bending,” an almost two-decades long practice of Vallejo police officers bending the tips of their badges to commemorate shootings.The report was commissioned in 2020, shortly after former police Capt. John Whitney revealed the practice to several media outlets, and was completed the following year. But the city fought to keep it secret for the last …

6 Vallejo cops found with violations, 8 others cleared in badge bending scandal

AFTER A FIVE-YEAR HOLDUP, the City of Vallejo on Tuesday released an investigation into the practice of Vallejo Police officers bending the tips of their badges at celebratory barbecues each time they killed a civilian on the job. The city’s investigation, conducted by former Sonoma County Sheriff Robert Giordano, concluded that acts of badge bending constituted misconduct but were not connected to fatal shootings. Giordano’s interviews also sho…