DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint Planned this Weekend
Yucca Valley, CA – The Yucca Valley Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on April 12, 2013 between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. at an undisclosed location. DUI checkpoints are a proven enforcement tool effective in reducing the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol involved crashes. Research [...]
Town Of Yucca Valley Police Department To Combat Roadway Deaths And Injuries With DUI Checkpoints
The Yucca Valley Police Department has been awarded a new traffic safety grant for an anti-DUI program aimed at preventing deaths and injuries on our roadways. Additional enforcement measures to combat impaired driving are coming as a result of a recent $18,980.00 grant awarded by the California Office of Traffic Safety to Yucca Valley. The [...]
Sheriff Rod Hoops retires
I have dedicated the last 34 years of my professional life to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. When I began my career as a 21-year old Deputy Sheriff in 1978, I had no idea as to what kind of adventure I was in for. I have lived my dream and have made many friends [...]
WANTED PERSON ESCAPEE
On September 2, 2012, Washington was involved in a Deputy Involved Shooting in Los Angeles County. Any media questions regarding that incident should be directed to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (323) 267-4800. Washington remains outstanding and an extensive search for him continues. Investigators from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Specialized Enforcement Division [...]
San Bernadino is fighting theWest Nile Virus
In response to recent exposures of the West Nile Virus, The San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department has launched a program in coordination with the County’s Public Health- Vector Contro. This will help identify areas likely to breed mosquitoes. In their day to day duties, Sheriff’s Aviation flight crews will be actively looking for areas of standing [...]
Sheriffs’ message: Don’t drink and drive in 29 Palms.
The 29 Palms Police Department conducted a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on August 31, 2012, in the area of SR62 / Smoke Tree, 29 Palms, between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. Checkpoints are placed in locations that have the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence and provide the greatest safety [...]
“one-eighty-seven” murder
San Bernadino, CA- On Monday, August 27, 2012, at approximately 3:07 a.m., Central Station deputies responded to the report of shots heard in the area of Tippecanoe – south of 4th Street in San Bernardino. Upon arrival, deputies located a black male adult lying in the roadway suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. The victim was [...]
Hyperthermia Demonstration
The Inland Empire Safe Kids Coalition in cooperation with the Rialto Fire Department, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and many other community agencies, invites you to come out for a demonstration of one of the ways children can suffer from heat stroke injuries. This demonstration will be held on August 9, 2012, beginning at [...]
ABC Grant Operations Result in Numerous Arrests, Licensee Education
Morongo Basin – Between February 21 and June 6, 2012, deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, assisted by Investigators from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC), officers from the California Highway Patrol and representatives from several community groups conducted numerous operations throughout the Morongo Basin intended to reduce the availability of [...]
Shoulder Tap Operation
Investigators from the California Highway Patrol, and deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, joined forces on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 in a Shoulder Tap Operation in the Morongo Basin. During a Shoulder Tap Operation, a minor decoy under the direct supervision of a peace officer will stand outside a liquor or convenience store [...]