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| San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department | |
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 Patch of the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner's Department | |
 Flag of San Bernardino County, California | |
| Common name | San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department |
| Abbreviation | SBCSD |
| Motto | we help ourselves |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1853 |
| Employees | 3,700 |
| Annual budget | $693 million[1] |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | San Bernardino County, California, United States |
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| Map of San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 20,186 sq mi (52,280 km2). |
| Legal jurisdiction | San Bernardino County, California |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | San Bernardino, California |
| Deputies | 2,000 |
| Civilian employees | 1,200 |
| SBCSD Office of the Sheriffs responsible |
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| Facilities | |
| Stations | 16 |
| Boats | 8 |
| Website | |
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The San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner's Department (SBSD) serves San Bernardino County, California, which is geographically the largest county in the continental United States and is headquartered in San Bernardino. SBSD provides law enforcement services to the unincorporated areas of the county and contract law enforcement services to 14 of the county's cities, including Rancho Cucamonga and Chino Hills, serving a total of 1,029,466 of the county's 2 million residents. The department also operates the county jail system, provides marshal services for the county superior courts, and has other specialized divisions to serve the citizens of San Bernardino County.[2][3]
The Sheriff-Coroner is an elected office. However, in 2012 when then-Sheriff Rod Hoops announced his retirement, the Board of Supervisors appointed Assistant Sheriff John McMahon to the position. The Board made the appointment after determining that a special election for sheriff would be cost prohibitive ($3.5 million). McMahon was re-elected in 2014. The SBSD was featured on many episodes of the hit television series COPS, with the first 4 episodes being taped in the early 1990s.
- ^ "San Bernardino County 2019-20 Adopted Budget" (PDF). San Bernardino County - County Administrative Office - Finance and Administration. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ About SBSD
- ^ "SBSD 2007 Annual Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2008-07-15.