Sioux Falls Police Department Administration

 
Sioux Falls South Dakota Law Enforcement Center

The Administrative Division oversees the Training Section, Professional Standards Unit, Records Section, and Building Maintenance. Among other areas this division is responsible for:

• Management of the department’s budget.
• Management of grants.
• Coordination of recruiting efforts for new officers.
• The hiring process for new officers.
• Training for both new officers and current officers.
• Maintaining and keeping up to date the department’s policies and procedures.
• Processing and maintaining all police reports.
• Ensuring high professional standards of the department’s employees.
• Overall maintenance of the Law Enforcement Center building and grounds.

The department continues to strive to hire the most professional and qualified candidates available to become Sioux Falls police officers. In order to do this, we have made a proactive effort to recruit to obtain those candidates. Those that apply must have the characteristics necessary to pass our very extensive hiring process. Being a Sioux Falls police officer requires a high level of integrity and honesty with positive teamwork abilities and skills to interact with people successfully.