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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>robert nichelini | The Love Network</title><link>http://robert-nichelini.love.com</link><language>en-us</language><docs>http://robert-nichelini.love.com/rss.xml</docs><description>A Blog with news about robert nichelini</description><copyright>AOL LLC. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.</copyright><generator>Blogsmith | Relegence | AOL LLC.</generator><item><title>Vallejo may hire contractor to handle false alarm fines</title><link>http://t.love.com/296994094</link><description><![CDATA[The Vallejo Police Department wants to contract out the oversight of more than 6,000 false alarms a year, with the proposal set for City Council approval Tuesday. 


Police estimate about 97 percent of the alarms they respond to annually are false, and eat up about 11 percent of officers' time. 
In 2007, the city began charging residents and business owners a fee after false alarms rose in volume. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 3:19:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Vallejo chief sees lessons in rebuke of Oakland cops</title><link>http://t.love.com/287176939</link><description><![CDATA[Local officers can learn from a report criticizing the Oakland Police Department's handling of the deadliest day in its history, the Vallejo chief said Thursday. 


"(The report) is a good training vehicle for us, because this could happen here just like it happened there," said Vallejo Police Chief Robert Nichelini, a 24-year veteran of the Oakland Police Department. 


An independent panel wrote the searing 18-page report, released Wednesday, and painted a chaotic scene bereft of leadership March 21. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2010 4:04:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Budget could force VPD into layoffs</title><link>http://t.love.com/272332795</link><description><![CDATA[Up to seven Vallejo police officers may soon receive their walking papers to balance the city budget, with force reductions by Jan. 1. 


On Tuesday night, the Vallejo City Council approved police officers layoff notice distribution, though layoffs for all seven are unlikely, due to a continued employee exodus, Police Chief Robert Nichelini said. 
By the beginning of the year, the department will also need to demote 18 others. 

]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 4:32:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Vallejo cop must leave 'dream job'</title><link>http://t.love.com/271169888</link><description><![CDATA[This spring saw rookie Officer Garrett Wade finally achieve his dream. 


"The reason why I became a cop is to become a Vallejo cop," said Wade, who worked his way through the Vallejo Police Department's explorer and cadet programs. 


But eight months later, Wade is joining a growing number of police officers who are leaving the police department as possible layoffs loom in the horizon. 

]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 4:43:00</pubDate></item><item><title>City police force grows weaker</title><link>http://t.love.com/268867763</link><description><![CDATA[Vallejo's police force will continue to fall in November, according to city's top cop. 


The city will lose another police officer to retirement this month, bringing its strength down to 110, Police Chief Robert Nichelini said. 


"I have four officers who are in active processing for other (police) departments right now," Nichelini added. 

]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 4:12:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Few voters show interest in Measure U tax forum</title><link>http://t.love.com/263569749</link><description><![CDATA[A community forum on a proposed city tax renewal and update drew four people and even fewer questions Wednesday night. 


The forum, held at the John F. Kennedy Library, was led by Assistant City Manager Craig Whittom. 
It was one of multiple efforts the city has engaged in to explain the proposed Utility Users Tax modifications to the public. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 4:37:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Vallejo council to go through chief's response to critical report</title><link>http://t.love.com/258120329</link><description><![CDATA[Responding to a critical Solano County Grand Jury report issued in July, Vallejo Police Chief Robert Nichelini says some issues have already been addressed, and a third recommendation is impractical. 


Nichelini and Interim City Manager Bob Adams' response to the recently publicly released report will be up for Vallejo City Council approval today during its 7 p.m. meeting at 555 Santa Clara St. 

The report, produced after a surprise department visit in May, urged the Vallejo Police Department to beef up i]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:15:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Vallejo police officers leave paperwork to others</title><link>http://t.love.com/255392290</link><description><![CDATA[Transcription of some of Vallejo Police Department reports will now be done by an outside company. 


Officers file reports on each incident to which they respond. 
While normally brief, some reports -- such as those on homicide investigation -- can be lengthy, said Bill Powell, the department's support services manager. 

]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 5:14:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Vallejo OKs 9-1-1 error fee</title><link>http://t.love.com/253943764</link><description><![CDATA[The Vallejo City Council unanimously approved Tuesday a new fee for 9-1-1 callers who called in error, hung up the phone and did not answer police return calls. 


The user fee is not expected to be put into action sooner than 60 days, Police Chief Robert Nichelini said. 
He said his department will need the coming two months to educate the public on the fee, which will be $200 per incident. 

]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:09:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Council backs delay of more police layoffs</title><link>http://t.love.com/245562344</link><description><![CDATA[Vallejo City Manager Bob Adams says he will delay for two months issuing up to nine planned police officer layoff notices. 


The decision came after hours of council debate, continued from recent meetings, over how to avoid the layoffs. 


Mayor Osby Davis and Councilwomen Joanne Schivley and Stephanie Gomes strongly protested the delay, saying it was an unwise gamble with city finances. 

]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 4:10:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Council to review Vallejo's cash reserves</title><link>http://t.love.com/244268439</link><description><![CDATA[Vallejo's city manager says that the city should aim for a $9.8 million cash reserve and will delay police officer layoff notices until the end of August. 


City Manager Bob Adams' budget report, issued late Friday, comes after mixed direction from the City Council in recent weeks on whether the city should put off further layoffs. 


City staff has been reduced from a high of 506 employees in recent years to about 352 now, according to Adams' budget update. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 3:35:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Vallejo City Council considers fines for false alarms</title><link>http://t.love.com/243000683</link><description><![CDATA[In an effort to allow police to respond to more pressing calls, the Vallejo City Council wants to look at multiple ways to curb the more than 6,300 false security alarms that happen every year, members said Tuesday. 


Vallejo Police Chief Robert Nichelini agreed to propose different approaches, including holding alarm companies responsible for validating alarm calls and requiring alarm owners to apply for a city permit. 


Nichelini said he strongly supports converting the city's system to what he referred]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 4:38:00</pubDate></item><item><title>City seeks to reduce false alarms</title><link>http://t.love.com/242072651</link><description><![CDATA[Vallejo police are seeking the go-ahead to further crack down on false security alarm calls. 


The City Council on Tuesday will hear a report about proposed amendments to strengthen a July 2007 ordinance that was meant to reduce unnecessary false calls to police. 


In a report released this week for the Vallejo City Council, Police Chief Robert Nichelini said that ordinance's provisions have curbed the more than 6,000 annual average false alarms by only 9 percent in the past two years. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 5:04:00</pubDate></item><item><title>San Leandro anoints top cop</title><link>http://t.love.com/239632398</link><description><![CDATA[San Leandro police Capt. Ian Willis , who has been serving as the city's interim police chief since the December 2008 retirement of Dale Attarian, was officially named police chief on Thursday. 
Willis is a 25-year department veteran. 


If anyone else had been interested in that job, don't worry, because there always seem to be plenty of top-cop gigs available . ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 7 Aug 2009 19:30:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Mother of Vallejo police chief Nichelini dies at 100</title><link>http://t.love.com/236498479</link><description><![CDATA[Family members said Ruby Nichelini's formula for a long life was a good diet, keeping her mind sharp and always staying active. 


It worked for 100 years. 


Nichelini reached that milestone April 30, about two months before she died in her sleep June 27 at her Oakland Hills home, which she helped save with water hoses from the devastating firestorm in October 1991. 

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