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Ex-Capt. John Whitney claims the police department targeted him for exposing a tradition of bending back the star points on the badges of officers who killed someone in the line of duty.
Vallejo police lieutenant sues city alleging he was subjected to retaliation By John Glidden article Vallejo Police Department Lt. Michael Nichelini is seeking $7.5 million in damages on behalf of himself and the police officers association. VALLEJO, Calif. - The president of Vallejo's police union filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Friday alleging he has been subjected to harassment, retaliation and intimidation by top-ranking Vallejo city staff, including the city's police chief. Lt. Michael Nichelini filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California on b...
McMahon was placed on administrative leave and required to surrender his badge. "The internal affairs sergeant had discovered that his badge was not sitting flush on the table and brought it to my attention and Chief Bidou's attention and what we discovered was the two points on the badge had been bent and the sergeant went back and talked to officer McMahon and was told that the bends were as a result of another officer bending them and it was done because he had been in two officer-involved shootings," said Whitney. "Officers were bending their badges to commemorate when they were in an off...