Sioux Falls Police

Sioux Falls crime activity largely stable — with some exceptions

By Jodi Schwan | September 19, 2023

How does crime in Sioux Falls compare with last year? We’ve got a look at the numbers.

How Leo the therapy dog came to join the SFPD

By Jill Callison | June 5, 2023

Soon to be a member of Sioux Falls Police, Leo the therapy dog in training will comfort officers and provide outreach to the community.

Sioux Falls Police Department launches program to increase workforce

By Jodi Schwan | March 23, 2023

Taking away barriers. That’s the goal behind a new program from Sioux Falls Police design to help potential recruits with education, child care and more.

Influx of out-of-state police officers helps support city’s growing need

By Jodi Schwan | January 23, 2023

“It’s a completely different world than I’m used to.” From across the country, officers are joining the Sioux Falls Police Department.

Names of fallen public safety personnel to live on in new training campus

By Pigeon605 Staff | December 28, 2022

“We’re still remembering, and memorializing and honoring these men and their families.” When the new public safety training campus opens next year, the streets will have four powerful stories behind them.

What’s behind Sioux Falls ‘surge’ in gun violence?

By John Hult | September 28, 2022

How serious is the problem of gun violence in Sioux Falls, and what’s behind it? A dig into statistics from multiple agencies suggest a real problem, but one whose scope and causes defy simple explanation. 

Public safety leaders: Repeat offenders driving crime numbers

By Jodi Schwan | September 19, 2022

Sioux Falls crime levels generally are steady with last year — but it’s being driven largely by repeat offenders, including those who are violating parole.

Cops, kids and camp: A week that changed young lives

By Pigeon605 Staff | June 22, 2022

Take three dozen seventh graders, add 15 members of law enforcement, send them to camp for a week … and incredible things happened.

Sioux Falls reports drop in violent crime, record drug seizures in 2021

By Jodi Schwan | March 8, 2022

Sioux Falls is countering a national trend in violent crime, the mayor and police chief reported today.

From downtown to the east, neighborhood feels strain of new demands on social services

By Patrick Lalley | February 28, 2022

Increasingly, it’s the place where some of the greatest needs in our community are most visibly on display. This is a glimpse of what’s happening in the area around East Eighth Street.

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