Services
The San Bernardino County Grand Jurors' Association is a valuable resource which provides the following services:
- Source of information on the grand jury system
- Operational training and advice
- Sharing best practices
- State legislative support
- Applicant recruitment
- Training support
- Informative and interesting speakers
January 22, 2024 Luncheon Speaker - Our guest was John Bradley, a member of the 2019-2020 San Bernardino County Civil Grand Jury, who discussed their California Grand Jury Association Best Grand Jury Report awarded in October 2023. The Grand Jury provided evidence of deceptive practices and a lack of transparency on the part of the Upland City management. The Report also noted additional instances of Upland's failure to follow its own documented processes and procedures. John holds the framed certificate given by the California Grand Jury Association and a San Bernardino Grand Jury coffee cup given by 1st Vice President Ellen Miller.
January 23, 2023 Luncheon Speaker - Our guest was Steve Filson who is now retired after a 31-year career with the San Bernardino County Sheriff and San Bernardino Police Department. Steve is the owner of a private security company and is a staff member of the Public Safety Academy, a public charter school in San Bernardino. His 29-year-old daughter Jessica was killed in Redlands on January 22, 2022, along with her boyfriend, Nicholas, due to fentanyl poisoning. Steve lives in Highland, California, with his wife, Cheri, and their five-year-old granddaughter, Elara. He and other bereaved parents formed V.O.I.D., “Victims of Illicit Drugs,” as a California non-profit corporation and dedicate their efforts to education and awareness of this fentanyl scourge confronting our society.
October 24, 2022 Luncheon Speaker - Our guest from the San Bernardino County Superintendent of School's office was Ted Alejandre. Mr Alejandre has more than 33 years of experience in public education. He works with educators, families, other agencies, and stakeholder's to provide advocacy, leadership, and services for and on behalf of the 406,000 K-12 students attending public schools in San Bernardino County.
June 6, 2022 Luncheon Speakers - Our guests from the Fontana Police Department were those members from the Internet Crime Division. "Special" guest was Officer K9 "Goose," a black Labrador Retriever and his handler Officer Mark Wyrick who were instrumental in finding a missing person who was in distress back in September 2021. After "Goose" tracked a scent for more than two miles through yards and open fields, officers located the autistic18-year-old woman in the back seat of a parked vehicle. The woman had entered the unlocked vehicle to get out of the heat and was suffering from heat exhaustion when found. It was unknown how long she had been sitting inside the vehicle and the outcome could of been drastically different if not found. She was treated by the San Bernardino County Fire/medics and safely returned to her family. Photo Fontana Herald News.
January 27, 2020 Luncheon Speakers - Ms. Gretchen Anderson (left) and Ms. Isabel Hunt (far right) volunteers with Embrace Me! Adoption and Foster Care. Ms. Ellen Miller, President of the San Bernardino Past Grand Jurors Association (middle). Photo courtesy Darrell Freeland.