Vallejo's finest. 
Police department background
Around the time of McCoy's shooting, Vallejo Police Department had about 100 officers and served approximately 122,000 people.[SUP][5][/SUP] Under its Police Chief at the time of McCoy's shooting, Andrew Bidou, it had increased officer training programs and undertaken community outreach initiatives.[SUP][6][/SUP] However, residents had expressed concerns about the department's use of force.[SUP][6]
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In 2012, its officers committed fatal shootings at around 38 times the national rate, or 20 times the rate in nearby Oakland and San Francisco.[SUP][7][/SUP] A third of the city's homicides were due to police.[SUP][7][/SUP] Around that time, some Vallejo residents asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate Vallejo officers' use of force as it had done in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[SUP][7][/SUP]
From 2015-2017, the department spent more per officer in fines or settlements for civil rights abuse claims than any other large police force in the Bay Area.[SUP][8][/SUP] (Settlements, which do not imply wrongdoing, can be easier and cheaper than court hearings.[SUP][6][/SUP])
From 2016-2019, five of Vallejo's police officers shot multiple people.[SUP][9][/SUP][SUP][5][/SUP][SUP][10][/SUP] At the time of McCoy's shooting, one of the officers who shot him was under a civil lawsuit for shooting a man dead in February 2018.[SUP][11][/SUP][SUP][5][/SUP]

Police department background
Around the time of McCoy's shooting, Vallejo Police Department had about 100 officers and served approximately 122,000 people.[SUP][5][/SUP] Under its Police Chief at the time of McCoy's shooting, Andrew Bidou, it had increased officer training programs and undertaken community outreach initiatives.[SUP][6][/SUP] However, residents had expressed concerns about the department's use of force.[SUP][6]
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In 2012, its officers committed fatal shootings at around 38 times the national rate, or 20 times the rate in nearby Oakland and San Francisco.[SUP][7][/SUP] A third of the city's homicides were due to police.[SUP][7][/SUP] Around that time, some Vallejo residents asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate Vallejo officers' use of force as it had done in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[SUP][7][/SUP]
From 2015-2017, the department spent more per officer in fines or settlements for civil rights abuse claims than any other large police force in the Bay Area.[SUP][8][/SUP] (Settlements, which do not imply wrongdoing, can be easier and cheaper than court hearings.[SUP][6][/SUP])
From 2016-2019, five of Vallejo's police officers shot multiple people.[SUP][9][/SUP][SUP][5][/SUP][SUP][10][/SUP] At the time of McCoy's shooting, one of the officers who shot him was under a civil lawsuit for shooting a man dead in February 2018.[SUP][11][/SUP][SUP][5][/SUP]