Animal Control

2007 brings the first full year of Animal Control operations under the Police Department umbrella. The section consists of six full-time Officers (up one from last year), one Animal Control Sergeant position, which was added in late December, and one Lieutenant. Hours of operation are from 7 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. seven days a week.

The Animal Control Section provides quality enforcement pertaining to public safety and animal welfare. Our Animal Control Officers are highly trained, experienced, and certified professional.

Officers respond to a variety of citizen requests for service. Services include leash law enforcement, regulating barking dogs, regulating vicious dogs, dog licensing, rabies control, bite quarantines, and dead animal removal. With the assistance of Second Chance Rescue Center, Animal Control also handles cruelty/neglect calls throughout the 65 square miles of the city.

The Animal Control Section operates out of the Community Services Division of the Sioux Falls Police Department, and our officers handled nearly 13,000 calls for service in 2007.