About Us
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is the law enforcement agency for the largest geographical county in the nation. The department serves over 2.1 million residents, with 8 county and 14 contract patrol stations and approximately 3,600 employees to ensure the quality and safety of those we serve.
The department’s dispatch center takes in approximately 1,014,509 calls for service annually, with deputies writing approximately 102,271 reports annually.
The department has an annual detentions budget of $244,201,708.00.
The department is augmented by several divisions to include aviation, training, patrol, dispatch, court services, detentions, gangs and narcotics, crimes against children, and the coroner’s division.
The department counts on over 1800 volunteers who donate 1.5 million hours annually to help ensure the highest level of service is being given to the residents of San Bernardino County.
Sheriff's Department Mission
Provide collaborative law enforcement solutions that meet the needs of our communities
and partners by delivering quality professional services to America's largest county.
Honest and ethical behavior while giving due respect to each individual inside and outside our department.
Shape the future with courage, creativity, diversity, mentoring and accountability.
Collaboration with internal and external partners to become more effective in providing a better quality of life for all we serve.
Provide quality service to the people who live, work and play in each of our communities.
Accountability to deliver services through department members, within budget, while encouraging law enforcement innovation.
I recognize the badge of my office as a symbol of public faith, and I accepted it as a public trust to be held as long as I am true to the ethics of the police service. I will constantly strive to achieve these objectives and ideals, dedicating myself before God to my chosen profession...law enforcement.