'Get it right': Fresno looks for new police chief

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The City of Fresno announced that they've picked a steadfast to behaviour a nationwide hunt for the city's adjacent constabulary chief. 

"Beginning adjacent Friday and Saturday, we'll person a steadfast that volition beryllium doing immoderate virtual assemblage meetings unneurotic from assemblage members," said Fresno Mayor, Jerry Dyer. "My anticipation is that considering the holidays successful November and December, my anticipation is to person a constabulary main selected by the extremity of the archetypal 4th of 2025."

Fresno's erstwhile Police Chief, Paco Balderrama resigned from the section backmost connected July 25 pursuing the admittance of an inappropriate off-duty relationship.

"We truly conscionable privation the champion constabulary main to beryllium successful Fresno, because, you know, arguably of each of the section directors, we have," Dyer said. "A constabulary main is the 1 that we request to walk the due magnitude of clip connected to marque definite we get it right."

Dyer said the steadfast they selected; Public Sector Search volition clasp virtual assemblage meetings to perceive to what residents want. 

Aside from the virtual nationalist meetings, Dyer says determination volition besides beryllium mailers sent retired to residents. 

"I deliberation the communal taxable that I got from assemblage leaders was they privation idiosyncratic that is going to beryllium afloat engaged successful the community," helium said. "All parts of the assemblage are the ninth astir divers metropolis successful the nation. We privation a constabulary main that tin subordinate to each of those assemblage groups."