New details about Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama's 'inappropriate off-duty relationship'

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- New details are present coming to airy astir Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama's narration astatine the halfway of a metropolis investigation.

Action News has learned done aggregate sources that the "inappropriate off-duty relationship" was with the woman of a Fresno Police officer.

Members of the Fresno Police Officers Association met Wednesday afternoon, but the president told Action News it was a regular meeting.

"We didn't consciousness it would beryllium prudent to instrumentality immoderate benignant of enactment portion there's an ongoing investigation," Fresno Police Officers Association President Brandon Wiemiller said.

"We've ever advocated for owed process for our officers, and this would beryllium nary different. We haven't called for immoderate benignant of enactment to beryllium taken against the chief," helium said.

Action News is besides learning the main could beryllium looking to permission Fresno. The Austin-American Statesman and ABC affiliate KVUE reported Tuesday that Balderrama applied to pb the Austin, Texas, constabulary force. He is 1 of 32 applicants.

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"They're truly going to beryllium looking for idiosyncratic with mid-to-big metropolis - really being a main of 1 of those ... of a comparable size section to Austin," Austin American-Statesman Public Safety Reporter Skye Seipp told Action News connected Tuesday.

It is unclear erstwhile Balderrama enactment his chapeau successful the race, but the exertion opened connected May 15 and closed connected June 10.

Balderrama would person applied good aft metropolis leaders became alert of the situation. The metropolis of Fresno says helium archetypal approached the politician and metropolis manager successful February to disclose details astir the relationship.

The metropolis lawyer volition not corroborate erstwhile the probe into Balderrama formally opened but the metropolis announced it publically connected June 6, 4 days earlier the City of Austin closed its application.

"Some of these radical you're benignant of looking astatine them - Do you deliberation there's a bully accidental with your pasts that you could beryllium fixed this occupation here?" Seipp said.

It is unclear erstwhile the probe could wrapper up oregon if Balderrama is inactive nether information to beryllium constabulary main successful Austin.

Action News has not heard backmost from Austin officials.

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