Fresno Police Deputy Chief Mindy Casto, second from left, stands next to Police Chief Paco Balderrama, center, at a news ...

I’m grateful for God, because this wasn’t my plan,” said Mindy Casto, who had been interim chief since last year.

Mindy Casto made history in becoming Fresno’s first woman police chief. Casto served as interim chief since June 2024 following the investigation and resignation former chief Paco Balderrama.

Thursday’s appointment of Mindy Casto as Fresno’s 24th police chief is a celebratory ... Casto, 49, succeeds the city’s first Latino police chief, Paco Balderrama, who resigned last June because of an ...

Mindy Casto was named the police chief for the Fresno Police Department, marking the 24th department chief, and first woman to hold the permanent position in the department’s history. "On June 13, ...

Fresno interim Police Chief Mindy Casto has had the interim tag removed by Mayor Jerry Dyer and City Manager Georgeanne White ...