San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department

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San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner's Department
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	Dedicated to Your Safety
Agency overview
Formed	1853; 171 years ago (1853)
Employees	3,700
Annual budget	$693 million[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	San Bernardino County, California, United States
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	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	San Bernardino, California
Deputies	2,000
Civilian employees	1,200
SBCSD Office of the Sheriffs responsible	Shannon Dicus, Sheriff Steve Higgins, Interim UnderSheriff Rick Bessinger, Assistant Sheriff Sam Fisk, Assistant Sheriff
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.