Fresno Police's newest recruits sworn in: 'Wear that uniform proudly'

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A assemblage of families and friends gathered successful Downtown Fresno connected Tuesday to observe the caller recruits taking portion successful the Fresno Police Department's archetypal swearing-in ceremonial of the year.

At the ceremony, 15 recruits and 1 constabulary lateral were sworn into the agency. Five different officers were promoted to sergeants, 1 to a captain, and different to lawman chief.

"I privation you to deterioration that azygous proudly. Because determination volition beryllium a time erstwhile you don't get the privilege oregon the close to deterioration that uniform— and I cognize that, due to the fact that I basal present contiguous and I don't person the privilege oregon the close to deterioration that uniform, though I wore it for 40 years," Mayor Jerry Dyer said. "I inactive person a azygous astatine home, and it inactive fits. And I'm gonna deterioration it 1 much time, and that 1 much clip is astatine my funeral."

Fresno Police Chief Mindy Casto reminded those sworn successful the modular they indispensable clasp themselves to erstwhile serving the community.

"The nationalist does wage our salaries, you mightiness perceive that a clip oregon 2 successful your travels retired successful the streets— but the information is we request to enactment accordingly during our interactions with them and erstwhile they request help," Chief Casto said. "The reply should ne'er beryllium 'there's thing we tin do,' but alternatively 'we'll bash everything we can.'"

Dyer besides commended the families of those sworn successful for their sacrifice, allowing their loved 1 to service the assemblage of Fresno.

"There's gonna beryllium times connected weekends and there's gonna beryllium times connected holidays, astatine Christmas erstwhile you're location alone. There are gonna beryllium times erstwhile you crook connected the quality and you spot a captious incidental unfolding, not knowing whether oregon not your loved 1 is simply a portion of that captious incident," Dyer said.

"Although it is the constabulary serviceman who wears the badge, it is the household that carries the value and the sacrifice and the load of that badge," Dyer concluded.