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San Bernardino animal services director outlines 2025 statistics and plans to expand enforcement, rescue partnerships and community outreach
Summary
New director Jasmine Glover Matheimer presented 2025 operational statistics — including 131 citations, 62,614 dispatcher calls, 8,978 officer responses and 416 dog-bite incidents — and outlined plans for increased enforcement paired with free microchips, stronger rescue partnerships, more vaccine clinics, volunteer expansion and facility changes to add 286 kennels.
Jasmine Glover Matheimer, the new animal services director, delivered a detailed report on 2025 operations and laid out priorities for 2026, including stepped-up enforcement tied to free microchipping, renewed outreach to rescue partners, expanded vaccine clinics and facility repairs.
Matheimer said the department issued 131 citations in 2025 accounting for 696 distinct violations, handled 62,614 incoming dispatcher calls with three dispatchers on staff, and recorded 8,978 officer responses to field activities. The shelter recorded 416 dog-bite incidents and attended seven court cases. "I never want people to forget that we our shelter is operating as a mini animal emergency room for urgent care," Matheimer said, emphasizing the shelter’s…
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