Title 1, STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT

The state shall furnish to the Department of Public Safety and the Office of the Attorney General all the necessary equipment. Source: SL 1975, ch 11 , § 4; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 21; SL 2015, ch 5 , § 6.

Each county within the state shall furnish to the sheriff of that county a data terminal and other necessary equipment of a type specified by the Department of Public Safety. Source: SL 1975, ch 11 , § 2; SL 2001, ch 7 , § 2; SL 2015, ch 5 , § 7.

Any first or second class municipality may apply to participate in the South Dakota law enforcement telecommunications system. If the application is approved by the Department of Public Safety, the participating municipality shall furnish its police department with a data termina…

The Department of Public Safety may authorize other law enforcement agencies to participate in the South Dakota law enforcement telecommunications system upon such terms and conditions as are necessary to protect the security of the network. Source: SL 1975, ch 11 , § 5; SL 2015,…

The Department of Public Safety may adopt rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26 , establishing procedures for operation, maintenance, and control of the South Dakota law enforcement telecommunications system. Source: SL 1975, ch 11 , § 7; SL 2015, ch 5 , § 10.

The Department of Public Safety shall terminate service to any installation on the South Dakota law enforcement telecommunications system if the department determines that there is a risk of violation of the security or privacy restriction imposed by state or federal statutes. So…

The Bureau of Information and Technology may locate, construct, establish, equip, and maintain such towers, repeater stations, and subheadquarters as may be necessary, and for such purpose may acquire by purchase, lease, or condemnation all necessary sites and locations in order …

The Bureau of Information and Technology may employ such operators and assistants and such equipment necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The costs of maintaining and operating a state voice communications system and all receiving sets owned or operated by the b…

An unexpended balance remaining in the radio communications fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain in said fund and be available for expenditure during the succeeding fiscal year. Source: SL 1945, ch 321 , § 5; SDC Supp 1960, § 55.1608-1.

The Bureau of Information and Technology and the Department of Public Safety may apply for, accept, and expend on behalf of the state communications system any appropriations, grants, matching funds, or moneys allotted to the State of South Dakota by the federal government pursua…

Each county within the state shall furnish to its sheriff and deputy sheriff a receiving set which shall be maintained at the expense of the county, and which shall be paid for and shall be the property of the county. All automobiles used by police officers of any municipality, w…

Every sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, or other person securing a receiving set under the provisions of this chapter, shall make a report to the Bureau of Information and Technology at such times and containing such information as the bureau shall require by rules promulg…

The Department of Public Safety shall broadcast all police dispatches and reports submitted, which have a reasonable relation to, or connection with, the apprehension of criminals, the prevention of crime, or the maintenance of peace and order in the state. The department shall a…

Every telegraph and telephone company operating in this state shall give priority to all messages or calls directed to the state radio broadcasting station established by this chapter. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SDC 1939, §§ 55.1611, 55.9907; SL…