Mayor Dyer outlines process to find new police chief following Paco Balderrama's resignation

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno metropolis officials are revealing much astir the hunt for a caller constabulary main conscionable days aft Paco Balderrama resigned.

Action News spoke with Mayor Jerry Dyer astir the hunt connected Friday. He is gathering with City Manager Georgeanne White adjacent week.

"We're really going to speech astir not lone the process arsenic it moves guardant but imaginable hunt firms that we'd beryllium utilizing for a nationalist search," Dyer said.

The process could outgo upwards of $50,000 and instrumentality respective months.

Dyer says the steadfast volition yet present astir six applicants to metropolis leaders.

"We lone person 1 accidental to bash it right," helium said.

"When you're looking for a constabulary chief, you're truly looking for a precise unsocial individual."

The hunt comes aft the metropolis investigated Paco Balderrama for months, probing an "inappropriate, off-duty relationship" officials accidental helium had with the woman of an officer.

The probe recovered Balderrama did not maltreatment his authority.

While the probe was underway, Balderrama faced unit from members of his ain rank. The Fresno Police Officers Association said officers mislaid spot successful section leadership.

A caller main volition person to hole that.

"It's going to beryllium important for whoever takes the helm to recognize what occurred successful Fresno and to beryllium sympathetic with the troops successful presumption of what happened," Dyer said.

The metropolis manager volition marque the last hiring decision, but Dyer -- the erstwhile main himself -- volition play a important role.

He says the adjacent main volition request to equilibrium assemblage and serviceman relations.

"It's idiosyncratic who is engaged oregon has the quality to prosecute the assemblage and support and physique the spot of the assemblage and idiosyncratic that we cognize has a bully estimation (and) would beryllium good respected amongst the ranks," helium said.

As the hunt is underway, Deputy Chief Mindy Casto has taken implicit operational power of the department. While she could use to stay successful charge, Dyer says helium inactive wants to look extracurricular the Valley.

"You ever cognize what you person inside," the politician said. "You don't cognize what you whitethorn get from the extracurricular and however that compares to your interior candidates."

Action News pressed the politician connected however helium would presumption an applicant nether investigation.

Dyer says helium would lone see the applicant aft the probe ended, and helium said it would not regularisation successful their favor.

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