2 hours ago
3
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- On Wednesday, little than 2 twelve acrophobic Fresnans attended the archetypal assemblage gathering hosted by Fresno Police Department to stock findings from its 2025 yearly study connected its usage of subject equipment.
The 28-page study detailing the department's inventory of subject instrumentality from flash bangs to armored trucks to unmanned aerial vehicles oregon drones.
The extremity is to found an unfastened treatment with those successful the community.
"The materials presented explosive ordinance, robots, armored unit carriers, high-powered rifles, breaching apparatus, and adjacent drone surveillance systems are not designed for assemblage engagement. They are designed for war," said 1 acrophobic citizen.
"This isn't astir militarizing police, it's astir accountability and to marque definite we usage this instrumentality correctly," said Dep. Chief Burke Farrah who leads the Patrol Division with Fresno Police.
"It's important to cognize the geographic determination wherever things were deployed. And however often," said 1 attendee.
Fresno Police asked for the crushed for information.
"Because that would amusement if there's disproportionate usage successful definite areas oregon neighborhood," replied the speaker.
"Ok," said Dep. Chief Farrah.
Assembly Bill 481 requires authorities and section instrumentality enforcement agencies to summation support from section government, including metropolis council, earlier obtaining oregon utilizing subject equipment. The measure mandating transparency done nationalist reporting arsenic good arsenic nationalist hearings oregon assemblage meetings.
"Even done we person these meetings, we rise immoderate concerns, and the large ones aren't going to beryllium addressed," said Kenisha Daily, a Fresno national and Special Education teacher.
On Wednesday, for the archetypal clip since the bill's passage, Fresno Police holding its archetypal assemblage gathering connected its usage of subject equipment.
"That's wherefore we're successful this gathering contiguous due to the fact that radical past twelvemonth said, 'No, we request a meeting,' and present we are. We're making advancement connected that front," said Dep. Chief Farrah
Attendees from Fresnans for the People's Budget noticed who was not successful attendance astatine Wednesday evening's meeting.
"We person leaders who truly should beryllium present to besides perceive to our concerns to instrumentality that backmost with them to person dialogue, but there's nary dialog happening. It's radical talking astatine us," said Daily.
In a stunning infinitesimal of transparency, the Deputy Chief making this connection to 1 speaker.
"I'll archer you close now, I'll springiness you my telephone number. It rings connected my desk," said Dep. Chief Farrah.
As acold arsenic fiscal impact, the adopted fund for Fiscal Year 2026 was astir $278,000,000 dollars, of which $223,000,000 was allocated for the department's 930 full-time bid officers and 400 nonrecreational unit positions.
On Thursday the assembly members are expected to o.k. the renewal of the department's yearly subject instrumentality usage report.
For quality and upwind updates, travel Christina Lopez connected X and Instagram.
Copyright © 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.
