{"id":2284293,"date":"2024-06-26T20:52:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T00:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-police-chief-resigns-after-alleged-affair-sparks-major-investigation-ive-never-claimed-to-be-perfect\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T20:55:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T00:55:46","slug":"california-police-chief-resigns-after-alleged-affair-sparks-major-investigation-ive-never-claimed-to-be-perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-police-chief-resigns-after-alleged-affair-sparks-major-investigation-ive-never-claimed-to-be-perfect\/","title":{"rendered":"California Police Chief Resigns After Alleged Affair Sparks Major Investigation &#8211; &#8216;I&#8217;ve Never Claimed to Be Perfect&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-police-chief-resigns-after-alleged-affair-sparks-major-investigation-ive-never-claimed-to-be-perfect%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2284293&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A summary of the provided text is\u200b as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Fresno Police Chief, \u200cPaco Balderrama, resigned amid an investigation into allegations that he compromised the career progression of a subordinate officer while engaging in an affair with the officer\u2019s wife. The affair reportedly began in 2021\u2062 and continued up until the previous year. Despite the allegations, the\u2062 city manager mentioned that \u2062the claims involving\u2064 engaging his authority to negatively influence the officer&#8217;s career were not substantiated by evidence. However, Balderrama admitted to his\u200b misconduct related to the \u2063affair, acknowledging it as below the standards expected of his position. The officer\u2019s attorney\u2063 argued that the city was\u200c misrepresenting \u200dthe situation and highlighted \u2063prior promises\u2062 made to the officer by\u2064 Balderrama, which were \u200dlater\u2062 reneged to further his affair. The text also includes a note\u200d from The Western Journal\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-buying-up-land-near-us-military-bases-19-strategic-locations-potentially-compromised\/\" title=\"China Buying Up Land Near US Military Bases, 19 Strategic Locations Potentially Compromised\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-reporter-forced-to-resign-over-n-word-controversy-tells-his-side-of-the-story\/\" title=\"New York Times Reporter Forced To Resign Over N-Word Controversy Tells His Side Of The Story\">deputy managing editor<\/a> expressing<\/a> a \u2062concern over the potential manipulation of the 2022 electoral process by what they termed as \u2062&#8221;leftists and elites,&#8221; rallying for support to combat\u2062 this\u200b through donations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 26, 2024 at 3:22pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A California police chief has resigned while under investigation for allegations that he impacted the career of a subordinate while having an affair with the officer\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n<p>Former Fresno Chief Paco Balderrama was placed on administrative leave on June 13 as city officials investigated the claims. On Tuesday, he resigned.<\/p>\n<p>In a mid-June interview, Badlerrama made what is now considered to be an oblique reference to this wife, Kyla.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never claimed to be perfect. I\u2019m also very proud of my family and I can tell you that I owe them forgiveness, and I\u2019ve gotten it,\u201d he told reporters, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13569955\/paco-balderrama-fresno-police-chief-resigned-affair.html?ico=related-replace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, he gave no indication he intended to step down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am human, I am imperfect, I work extremely hard, I plan on continuing to lead this police department to even greater heights,\u201d he said then. \u201cI have received hundreds and hundreds of messages, sending me Bible verses, saying that they\u2019re praying for me and my family, asking me \u2018please don\u2019t quit.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a message to Fresno officers, he wrote, \u201c\u2019My actions did not meet the standards of who I am as a man of faith, husband, or father.\u00a0 I own my mistakes, they are mine and mine alone to bear, and I will pay for those mistakes for the rest of my life. My family has been deeply affected by this and I humbly ask for your grace, discretion, and understanding during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING NEWS: Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama has resigned amid an investigation into allegations of an inappropriate off-duty relationship. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rldBGYFJCF\">pic.twitter.com\/rldBGYFJCF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC30 Fresno (@ABC30) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC30\/status\/1805667769867714992?\">June 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The affair allegedly began in 2021 and continued until late last year.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, city officials said Balderrama was being investigated in connection with an \u201cinappropriate relationship,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sjvsun.com\/news\/fresno\/fresno-police-chief-carried-on-multi-year-affair-with-officers-wife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Joaquin Valley Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the allegations the Sun reported were that he blocked the husband of the woman with whom he had the affair from a job change that could have led to greater scheduling flexibility, which would have interfered with the affair.<\/p>\n<p>However, in announcing the Balerrama had quit, City Manager Georgeanne White pushed back on the claim, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/fresno-police-chief-paco-balderrama-update-today-at-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KMPH-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I cannot get into details of the investigation into allegations Chief Balderrama leveraged his position to undermine the officer\u2019s career moves, I can state this allegation was not sustained and evidence to the contrary was presented,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis does not excuse Chief Balderrama\u2019s behavior as it relates to the inappropriate relationship, because as he has stated, those actions cannot be justified or defended and are below the standards that he holds for himself and that we hold for the police chief of our city,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>However, attorney Brian Whelan, representing the officer, whose name was not released, said in a statement, \u201cAny attempt by the city to spin this resignation as anything other than Balderrama facing the consequences of his misconduct is a misrepresentation of reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecent media reports have misrepresented recent confidential efforts to resolve this issue without litigation after months of no action by the city,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese efforts included a request to honor a 2022 agreement in which Balderrama promised my client a specific position within the department. Balderrama later reneged on this agreement in a bid to further his extramarital affair, a clear violation of professional and ethical standards,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rep-anna-paulina-luna-scolds-dems-waving-ukrainian-flags-after-vote-put-those-damn-flags-away\/\" title=\"Video: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Criticizes Democrats Waving Ukrainian Flags - 'Remove Those Flags!\">lying leftist media<\/a> and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. 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