Targeted Crime Suppression-Operation Consequences: August 25 through August 31, 2025
September 3, 2025 – San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department officials report that between August 25 and August 31, 2025, investigators from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department – Gangs/Narcotics Division, along with deputies from patrol stations, and personnel from partnering agencies served one search warrant and contacted suspects throughout the county. Additionally, the San Bernardino Movement Against Street Hoodlums (SMASH) Street Enforcement Team (SET) conducted proactive patrols in the city of Victorville and surrounding jurisdictions.
Over the one-week period, investigators contacted gang members and people prohibited from possessing firearms. During their investigations, four firearms were seized and suspected narcotics recovered. Investigators made 11 felony arrests and one misdemeanor arrest during the operational period.
On November 5, 2024, California voters passed Proposition 36 titled “The Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act.” The proposition took effect on December 18, 2024, and reforms multiple laws from Proposition 47, which have been responsible for increasing homelessness, drug addiction and theft. Proposition 36 includes several new Penal and Health and Safety Codes that deputies will be able to apply during arrests when appropriate. These new charges can carry enhanced sentencing, as well as prevent offenders from being cite released prior to their court appearance. Proposition 36 applied to two of the above arrests.
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors authorized funds for 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 in the High Desert and the Sheriff’s jurisdiction surrounding the city of San Bernardino. The operation will include personnel from the Sheriff’s Gangs/Narcotics Division, Specialized Enforcement Division, patrol stations, California Highway Patrol, San Bernardino Police Department, San Bernardino County Probation, 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.
DATE: August 25, 2025 through August 31, 2025
INCIDENT: Targeted Crime Suppression-Operation Consequences
LOCATION(S): 25000 block of Pahute Road, Apple Valley
19000 block of Sheffield Street, Hesperia
17000 block of Birch Street, Hesperia
14000 block of Sycamore Street, Hesperia
17000 block of Bear Valley Road, Victorville
24000 block of Court Street, San Bernardino
7800 block of Milliken Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga
Refer: Public Affairs Division
Station: Gangs/Narcotics Division
Phone No. (909) 387-3700
Source & photos: San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department
