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gvwireCurt Fleming will assume command of the Clovis Police Department on Aug. 3, succeeding Matt Basgall who announced his retirement date in late May.
Fleming, a Fresno native and Bullard High School graduate, holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminology from Fresno State. In 2018, he graduated from the POST Command College.
Fleming brings wide-ranging experience to the chief’s position. He has been a patrol and narcotics sergeant, field training officer, detective, computer forensics examiner, motor officer, and patrol volunteer
coordinator. As a captain, he oversaw patrol, records, and communications.
The department totals 200 staff members and its 2019-2020 fiscal year budget is nearly $40 million.
Basgall will retire Aug. 2, and Flemming takes over the next day.
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