In another example of weird language choices from public officials, the Aberdeen Police Department circumlocutes around the fact that it shot a machete-wielding nut with…
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My parents back in Lake County have had a police scanner on in their living room for decades. They listen mostly for police calls to…
The Attorney General’s new report on South Dakota’s 2022 crime stats allows me to update my July 17 report on assaults on police. The A.G.…
Sioux Falls Police Chief Jon Thum says the streets are getting meaner for his officers: The Sioux Falls Police Chief says their department has seen…
The right’s cherished police state didn’t have much to do at yesterday’s March Toward Justice in Rapid City other than hear the prayers of the…
Among the ironies of American politics that we may celebrate on this glorious Independence Day is the mainstream conservatives PACkers at South Dakota Strong celebrating…
Consider this search-and-seizure scenario: So a 14-year-old girl calls the cops around 7 p.m. to report her mom for drunk driving. Daughter isn’t with mom;…
Good teachers don’t need state standards to figure out what kids need to learn. Flandreau driver educator Wylie Scalise took the initiative to improve his…
In no surprise to anyone who reads social science, more people carrying guns are not making Sioux Falls safer. Sioux Falls Police Chief Jon Thum…
Joel Arends must hate cops. Last week he and three other Republicans on the Lincoln County Commission voted to deny Lincoln County Law Enforcement a…