The Multiple Enforcement Team is commonly known as the “MET TEAM.” The team oversees the Habitual Offender Program by working directly with state parole officers to deter Parolee’s from committing new crimes. They also review and enforce the daily crime trends occurring in the city of Rancho Cucamonga. When a crime trend is identified in a specific area of the city, the MET team responds with a zero tolerance approach to eradicate the problem.

The MET team proves to be a valuable resource for the detective division by conducting surveillances, high-risk search and arrest warrants, looking for wanted felons, and the enforcement of commercial thefts - vehicle burglaries - auto theft - and sex registrant compliance checks.

In July 2004, the city of Rancho Cucamonga saw a rise in auto thefts. The suspects in these thefts were taking personal information from the vehicles and using it for identity theft related crimes. The MET team focused on a known car thief and arrested this individual. Information taken from this one arrest, led to the arrest of 44 additional suspects involved in auto theft, burglaries, and financial crimes throughout the city of Rancho Cucamonga and surrounding areas. The MET team discovered from the investigation that all 45 suspects were associated with one another and sometimes involved in the same crimes. After the arrest of these suspects, the crimes in specific areas of the city was reduced and in some cases stopped.

In September 2004, the MET team was assigned to conduct compliance checks on all sex registrants living in the city of Rancho Cucamonga. Their goal was to insure that every registrant living in the city was in full compliance with all state laws. If the team discovered any violations of the law, the registrant was arrested or a criminal report was sent to the District Attorney’s Office. In two weeks, the MET team contacted 29 sex registrants and accomplished their goal of achieving a 100% compliance rate for the city.

In October 2004, the commercial area of the city was suffering from late night burglaries. It was believed that the suspects were coming from outside the city. The MET team responded and made several late night arrests and discovered the suspects resided in other cities. In one arrest, the suspect was dressed in a security guard uniform acting like a security guard for the business. The Met team was able to reduce the late night break-ins by making several arrests and deterring criminals by their mere presence.

The use of the MET team has been highly successful in addressing crime in the city of Rancho Cucamonga. The team members are dedicated individuals who truly care about suppressing crime. The days and hours they work can vary from month to month, but they maintain their high initiative and professionalism. If the citizens of Rancho Cucamonga happen to see officers wearing polo shirts, blue jeans, and a green vest with the word sheriff on the front, more than likely they just saw a member of the city’s MET team patrolling the area for criminals. The proactive use of the MET team has served the citizens of Rancho Cucamonga well and the team members deserve to be recognized for their efforts in making Rancho Cucamonga a safer place to work and live.

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