This story was originally published by Open Vallejo, a nonprofit investigative newsroom serving the public interest.
Interim Police Chief Jason Ta and two other California law enforcement veterans are vying to become Vallejo’s next chief of police, Open Vallejo has confirmed.
Along with Ta, the other finalists are Mark Salazar, a deputy chief with the Fresno Police Department, and Mikail Ali, a former deputy police chief in San Francisco who retired last year, according to sources with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss internal personnel matters…