Sheriff's Management Study

By Kattie Hall

From June to August 2025, the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation’s Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) surveyed Sheriff’s Offices in the state. A survey, accompanied by instructions, was sent to all Sheriff’s Offices via email attachment. This was the twenty-first time the SAC compiled statewide management data pertaining to South Dakota Sheriff’s Offices.

The results of this survey are intended to provide sheriffs with a valid means of comparing expenditures and resources of offices across the state. In addition, the results can provide the sheriffs with a substantial basis from which to justify future management decisions.

Platte: South Dakota Office of Attorney General, Division of Criminal Investigation, Statistical Analysis Center. 2025. 43p.