One police officer fired, six more leave to avoid discipline, Fresno report says
Seven officers facing discipline left the Fresno Police Department in the last three months, according to a report released Thursday.
One officer was terminated, two retired and four resigned rather than be disciplined in reviews completed between April and June, according to the quarterly report from the Office of Independent Review.
The review does not provide the names of officers nor does it align which violations resulted in the specific punishments to officers.
But one of the violations proven by the “preponderance of the evidence” by Internal Affairs investigators appears to be an accusation of domestic violence against Devin Franco, who was a police officer at the time.
Franco is no longer employed by Fresno Police Department, a spokesperson confirmed on Thursday.
The Office of Independent Review did not challenge the findings for an unnamed officer arrested and accused of domestic violence in a case it received on Feb. 21, 2024. Franco’s arrest was announced by the department 15 days before that.
The report also appears to point to Paige McQuay, a police sergeant arrested Sept. 18 by Roseville Police Department and accused of attempted lewd acts with a child and contacting a minor in an attempt to commit an offense.
He’s been charged with felony sex crimes and remains in custody in Placer County, according to jail records.
Other Fresno police misconduct
Ten officers were suspended for a total of 240 hours.
- One officer was found to have violated seven policies, including conduct unbecoming of an officer, for signing out money from evidence storage in a case assigned in May 2024.
- That same month, another officer was found to have violated a restraining order by entering the home of the protected party, the report said.
- A lieutenant was found to have been discourteous to other officers in a case assigned in April 2024.
- In a case assigned in November, an officer was found to have released information on social media from an officer-involved shooting before it was publicly available.
- Using a cellphone while driving in a case from September ended in discipline for another officer, the report says.
- More than one officer was disciplined for six violations for looking at a restricted report that was not associated to their duties as officers in a case assigned in August.
This story was originally published July 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM.
