Operation Consequences: July 13-19 – Welcome to San Bernardino County

Between July 13 and July 19, 2024, investigators with the Sheriff’s Gangs/Narcotics Division, Specialized Enforcement Division, and multiple patrol stations, along with personnel from California Highway Patrol, Upland Police Department, Fontana Unified School District Police, San Bernardino County Probation, United States Marshals Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force, and Department of Homeland Security Investigations continued the targeted crime suppression efforts of Operation Consequences.

During the one-week period, which included a focused operation on July 19, 2024, in Highland and surrounding county areas, six search warrants were served in Yucaipa, Loma Linda, San Bernardino, Desert Hot Springs, Highland, Yucca Valley and White Water. During those contacts, investigators contacted gang members and persons prohibited from possessing firearms. Investigators seized 24 firearms, which included two ghost guns, and made 54 felony arrests. Additionally, over one pound of suspected illegal narcotics was recovered.

The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors authorized funds to assist with county-wide crime suppression. The intent is to provide additional funding to the Sheriff’s Department, allowing for increased law enforcement services related to quality-of-life issues affecting the communities in our county.

Operation Consequences will focus on conducting targeted crime suppression operations and parole and probation checks in the High Desert and the Sheriff’s jurisdiction surrounding San Bernardino. The operation will include personnel from the Sheriff’s Gangs/Narcotics Division, Specialized Enforcement Division, and patrol stations, as well as California Highway Patrol and San Bernardino County Probation, United States Marshals Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force, and Department of Homeland Security Investigations. Operation Consequences will take place over the next several months to curb violent crime, disrupt and dismantle targeted criminal street gangs, and locate and arrest criminals who are illegally possessing, manufacturing, and trafficking firearms.

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