A California city’s flawed handling of fatal police shootings allowed six officers to use deadly force again before their first cases were decided.

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The City Where Investigations of Police Take So Long, Officers Kill Again Before Reviews Are Done <[link removed]> A California city’s flawed handling of fatal police shootings allowed six officers to use deadly force again before their first cases were decided. Experts say the department’s system "isn’t even basement standard practice” and needs oversight. by Laurence Du Sault, Open Vallejo

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