Vallejo Police Department Command Staff

VPD Master Movement Log as of Nov. 29, 2021;

VPD officer log as of Oct. 25, 2021;

VPD officer log as of Oct. 7, 2021;

VPD officer log as of July 7, 2021

VPD Master Personnel Movement Log all of 2020



Captain of Police

Drew Ramsay

Police Captain: November 2022 — Present
Interim Police Captain: July to November 2022
Lieutenant of Police: August 2019 — July 2022
Sergeant of Police: 2015 — August 2019

Drew Ramsay was made acting captain in July following the departures of captains Jason Potts and Todd Tribble. Following the departure of Police Chief Shawny Williams, Ramsay was made a permanent police captain. He wears badge no. #539.

Robert “Bobby” Knight

Interim Police Captain: November 2022 — Present
Lieutenant of Police: 2019 — November 2022
Sergeant of Police: 2014
Police corporal: 2013
Police Officer: 1999 — 2013

Robert “Bobby” Knight was tapped to serve as a provisional captain. following the departure of Police Chief Shawny Williams in November 2022. Knight wears badge no. #550.

Jason Potts

Police Captain

Personnel Action Request from Lt. to Capt. (December 2019)

Personnel Action Request from Lt. to Capt. (pay increase during provisional promotion to captain) (August 2019)

Personnel Action Request from Lt. to Capt. (provisional promotion from lieutenant to captain) (July 2019)

Promotion to Lieutenant (January 2018)

Personnel Action Request from Sgt. to Lt. (pay adjustment because he was no longer on SWAT team but was continuing lieutenant duties) (November 2017)

Personnel Action Request from Sgt. to Lt. (provisional promotion from sergeant to lieutenant retroactive to August 2017) (April 2018)

Offer of Employment as Police Officer (October 2000)

Badge no. #562

Todd Tribble; acting captain of police

Badge no. #587

Employee Status Change from LT to Captain (January 2021)

Employee Status Change from LT to Captain (July 2020)

Employee Status Change from LT to Captain (June 2020)


Lieutenant of Police

Steve Darden

Badge no. #529

Bob Knight

Badge no. #550

Jerome Bautista

Badge no. #560

Drew Ramsay

Badge no. #539

Sanjay Ramrakha

Badge no. #581

Shane Bower

Badge no. #552


Brittany K. Jackson, public information analyst (PIO), May 2020 – present

Offer of Employment (April 2020)



Labor Agreements

Vallejo Police Officers’ Association (VPOA)

Tentative Agreement (Sept. 16, 2019 – March 31, 2022)

Supplemental Agreement (May 15, 2018 – March 31, 2019)

Meet and Confer Memorandum – Layoff Impact on Safety (Jan. 15, 2010)

Supplemental Agreement (Jan. 18, 2009 – June 30, 2012)

Supplemental Agreement – Staffing Grievance (March 4, 2008)

Supplemental Agreement (July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2008)

Supplemental Agreement (July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2007)

Supplemental Agreement to Labor Agreement of July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2005 (Jan. 28, 2003)

Labor Agreement (July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2005)

Labor Agreement (July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2010)

Contract Updates (July 12, 1993)

Amendment Memo (September 1988)

Last update: Jan. 4, 2022