DATE: March 16, 2026, to March 22, 2026
INCIDENT: Targeted Crime Suppression-Operation Consequences
LOCATION(S): Barstow, Lucerne Valley, Victorville, Phelan, Yucaipa, Bloomington, Muscoy, Highland, and San Bernardino
SUMMARY: Between March 16 and March 22, 2026, investigators with the Sheriff’s Gangs/Narcotics Division, San Bernardino County Probation, California Highway Patrol, Department of Homeland Security Investigations, San Bernardino Police Department, in conjunction with personnel from the Sheriff’s Specialized Enforcement Division, multiple patrol stations, Upland Police Department, Ontario Police Department, Fontana Police Department, Barstow Police Department, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Parole Operations, and the Federal Bureau of Investigations continued the targeted crime suppression efforts of Operation Consequences. Additionally, the San Bernardino Movement Against Street Hoodlums (SMASH) Street Enforcement Team (SET) conducted proactive patrols in the High Desert and surrounding jurisdictions.
During the one-week period, which included a focused operation in San Bernardino and surrounding communities on March 20, 2026, 16 search warrants were served. As a result, investigators contacted gang members and persons prohibited from possessing firearms. Investigators made 63 felony arrests and 45 misdemeanor arrests. Over two pounds of narcotics were seized, including suspected herion, methamphetamine and fentanyl. Investigators seized 25 firearms during the operation, which included three ghost guns.
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 continues to focus on conducting targeted crime suppression operations and parole and probation checks 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, and patrol stations, as well as California Highway Patrol and San Bernardino County Probation, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 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.
Refer: Public Affairs Division
Station: Gangs/Narcotics Division
Phone No. (909) 387-3700
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
