Casto takes on a department that has never been larger. The Fresno Police Department employs 861 police officers and has a budget for 926, police said in January. The city has seen a declining ...

In July 2024, a former officer who was one of three Black women Fresno police officers, filed a lawsuit saying she was subject to sexual harassment and racial discrimination in a hostile work ...

Editor’s note: This article was updated Feb. 13, 2025. It originally published in June 2024 after Mindy Casto was named interim police chief. Mindy Casto made history in becoming Fresno’s ...

Casto takes on a department that has never been larger. The Fresno Police Department employs 861 police officers and has a budget for 926, police said in January. The city has seen a declining ...

The backstory: Casto took over the Fresno Police Department last June when former chief Paco Balderrama resigned after having an affair with an officer’s wife. She became a Fresno police officer in ...

Casto accepted the job offer and officially started as chief on Tuesday. A Central Valley native, Casto joined the Fresno Police Department in 1997 as an officer. She received several promotions ...

Officers later clarified that the device was suspicious – but could not conclude that it was a pipe bomb. According to the Fresno Police Department, they responded to the Walmart store at the ...

The Walmart was reopened around 9:30 a.m. What they’re saying: “There is surveillance video, it is being reviewed right now,” said Fresno Police Officer Luke Tran to Nexstar. “It appears that somebody ...

The following organizations assisted Fresno Police Officers in offering services and assistance to identified victims during the operation: Breaking the Chains (BTC) @breakingthechainsfresno and ...