Between July 28 and August 3, 2025, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department led a targeted crime suppression effort called Operation Consequences. Investigators from the department’s Gangs/Narcotics Division, deputies from patrol stations, and staff from partner agencies served four search warrants in San Bernardino and Hesperia. The San Bernardino Movement Against Street Hoodlums (SMASH) Street Enforcement Team also conducted proactive patrols in Highland and nearby areas.
During this period, investigators contacted gang members and individuals who are prohibited from possessing firearms. Authorities seized one firearm and confiscated suspected methamphetamine and fentanyl. Eight felony arrests and eight misdemeanor arrests were made during the operation.
Funding for county-wide crime suppression was authorized by the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors to support increased law enforcement services related to quality-of-life issues within local communities.
Operation Consequences will continue over several months in the High Desert area and other jurisdictions around San Bernardino. The initiative involves personnel from multiple agencies including 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. Its goals are to reduce violent crime, disrupt criminal street gangs, and apprehend those illegally involved with firearms.
“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,” according to a statement issued by Shannon D. Dicus, Sheriff-Coroner for San Bernardino County.
For more information regarding this operation or related inquiries contact the Public Affairs Division at (909) 387-3700.
