Rapid City Police Chief Steve Allender had a rough weekend. Coordinating 1,100 storm-related calls within city limits during last weekend's blizzard and trying to provide vital services on streets blocked not just with snow but with vehicles stranded by people…
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Among the arguments offered in favor of South Dakota's new school gunslinger law (fortunately still exceptional, as other guns-in-schools reactions have stalled in other, more sensible states that listen to their educators) is that we already have armed police roaming…
The new four-officer Northern Plains Squad of the South Dakota Highway Patrol put in its first day of work today. The HP has charged this new squad with the unenviable duty of patrolling the entire northwest quarter of the state,…
While some Sioux Fallsians vow to fight for their right to thumb their noses at your safety while thumbing "WHERE R U IM DRVING" to people they'll see in five minutes, the South Dakota Highway Patrol says its summer-long stepped…
Spread 'em: Supreme Court conservatives yesterday authorized prison officials to strip search anyone they arrest, no matter how minor the infraction. Albert Florence of New Jersey was arrested by a state trooper for an outstanding arrest warrant for failure to…
The Legislative leadership of the South Dakota Republican Party has booted Rep. Stace Nelson (R-25/Fulton) and Rep. Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs) from the GOP caucus. According to reporters Bob Mercer and Tom Lawrence, state Highway Patrol officers are patrolling the…
Dr. Newquist alarmed me Friday with statistics that show a 16% increase in law enforcement officer fatalities so far this year over last. This increase struck me as incongruous with new statistics showing that, in 2010, violent crime in general…