A protest held outside Tuesday’s Vallejo City Council meeting erupted inside the chambers as well as the body prepared to discuss acquiring a $30 million dollar loan to secure a controversial new police station.

The protesters opposed moving the police department into the new building, but they also demanded to see a report made by an independent investigator into the department’s practice of “badge bending,” where officers bent the tips of their badges after shooting suspects. Chief Shawny Wiliams ordered the report in 2020 and it was completed by September of last year, but has yet to be released.

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Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.