Fresno leaders give overview of 2023 crime statistics

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Reducing convulsive transgression and making Fresno a safer assemblage person been apical priorities for Chief Paco Balderrama and metropolis leaders.

"We can't bash it alone. It takes a assemblage to spot and telephone the department. We had implicit 800,000 calls. Well, that's idiosyncratic from our assemblage dialing our fig and giving america information," said Balderrama.

On Friday morning, Balderama proudly shared the department's accomplishments during 2023.

During the year, 278 caller officers were hired, 2,000 firearms were recovered, and shootings were down by 19.8%.

The fig of homicides successful the metropolis has besides fallen.

"We are down 43.3% from past year. We had 34 this twelvemonth and 60 past year. That is simply a drop, and I americium precise arrogant of that number. It's a quality of 26 radical who were not murdered this year," explained Balderrama.

Balderama says reducing the fig of homicides, shootings, robberies, and different convulsive crimes requires the assistance of everyone successful the community.

Mayor Jerry Dyer says supporting Fresno Police is astatine the apical of his list, particularly aft a challenging clip amid COVID-19.

"The homicide numbers successful 2020 went up to 74. They remained determination successful 2021, and it wasn't until 2022, the number's down."

In 2024, Baldrama says it's indispensable to support up the momentum and marque Fresno the safest assemblage it tin be.

"It each revolves astir 2 things. Making the metropolis of Fresno the safest metropolis successful California and making Fresno PD the champion bureau successful the country. Every time that is the goal," said Balderrama.

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