Questions remain around city investigation into Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama after he resigns

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A erstwhile autarkic constabulary auditor is raising questions astir the city's probe into Paco Balderrama aft helium resigned arsenic main of the Fresno Police Department.

Balderrama's departure comes connected the heels of an probe that probed the chief's narration with the woman of an officer. City Manager Georgeanne White announced the results connected Tuesday.

"One of the allegations that was referenced successful The Sun nonfiction was that Chief Balderrama leveraged his presumption to undermine the officer's vocation moves that would person brought an extremity to the affair. While I cannot get into specifics of the investigation, I tin accidental that this allegation was not sustained," explained White.

City Attorney Andrew Janz says a backstage steadfast led the investigation.

"We outsourced the probe to an extracurricular entity, an extracurricular lawyer to debar immoderate quality of bias oregon impropriety. And so, the idiosyncratic that we brought connected was an lawyer astatine Atkinson Andelson. His sanction is Andrew Aller," Janz said.

Aller is simply a erstwhile Fresno County prosecutor, and his ties to City Hall are present nether the microscope by LaDoris Cordell.

Cordell is simply a retired superior tribunal justice and the erstwhile autarkic constabulary auditor for the metropolis of San Jose.

"The idiosyncratic who did it was a subordinate of instrumentality enforcement successful Fresno. Was a idiosyncratic who has, astatine least, has an acquaintance, is an acquaintance of, oregon has a narration with the mayor, who was a erstwhile chief. I question the autarkic portion of this report," said Cordell.

Cordell is besides shining a airy connected however the probe would've played retired down closed doors.

She says the investigating lawyer apt interviewed Balderrama and imaginable witnesses.

And portion that process didn't find immoderate maltreatment of power, Cordell says Balderrama's behaviour is concerning - and she's calling connected metropolis leaders to merchandise the afloat findings.

"We don't get to cognize the result different than their conclusion, 'Well, it wasn't an maltreatment of power.' That's insufficient," said Cordell. "I deliberation the nationalist has a close to cognize more."

With immoderate constricted exceptions, Cordell says the state's Peace Officer Bill of Rights prevents officials from releasing astir accusation related to serviceman misconduct and discipline.

That means the afloat details mightiness ne'er travel out.

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