Like most Bay Area communities, Vallejo is facing a critical police officer shortage and the city’s now considering a plan to stop responding to most alarm calls.

Since 2020, officers were sent to more than 12,000 alarm calls. But 98% of them were false alarms. According to police data, only a small fraction ended in criminal cases.

“Of these stats from 2020 through 2022, like I said earlier, we had 30 arrests made, which is 0.3% of all the alarm calls for service,” said Sgt. Rashad Hollis with the Vallejo Police Department.

Currently, the Vallejo Police Department sends their officers to all alarm calls. But under a new proposal, they will only respond to verified alarms, where they have eyewitness reports or audio and or video surveillance.

“Any alarm call for service, received with

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