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Vallejo police report rising traffic deaths, evidence backlog and stolen-vehicle hotspots; council seeks maps and prevention steps
Summary
At a Safety Committee meeting, Vallejo Police presented an Operations Bureau report showing high call volumes, recent traffic fatalities, an evidence-release backlog tied to DA procedures and elevated stolen‑vehicle rates in western beats; council members asked for beat maps and targeted prevention plans.
The Vallejo Police Department told the city’s Safety Committee that it is updating how it reports operations while grappling with rising traffic fatalities, an aging evidence inventory and high rates of stolen vehicles concentrated in western parts of the city.
Captain Jerome Bautista, who oversees operations, said the department will transition to a new report format for January 2026 and that dispatch handled 12,144 incoming calls and opened 5,370 incidents in the reported period. "We had 70 collisions and only two fatal collisions documented in January," Bautista said, noting more recent fatalities were not reflected in the packet and would be updated.
The committee heard two related capacity problems: an abandoned‑vehicle backlog and evidence storage tied to tow‑yard capacity. "We started off with over 4,000 [abandoned vehicle reports] and as of…
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