Deadwood Police Department (South Dakota)

Deadwood Police Department
Abbreviation DPD

Patch of the Deadwood Police Department
Agency overview
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* City of Deadwood in the state of South Dakota, USA
Map of Deadwood Police Department's jurisdiction.
Size 4.5 square miles (12 km2)
Population 2,071
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Deadwood, South Dakota
Agency executive Kelly Fuller, Chief of Police
Website
Deadwood Police website
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Deadwood Police Department is the police department for the city of Deadwood, South Dakota.

Department information

The police department consists of 23 members (including eight reserve patrol officers). The structure of the department consists of a Chief of Police,Assistant Chief of Police, one Detective, one Sergeant, 12 Sworn Officers and an office manager. The current Chief of Police is Kelly Fuller.

Department Organization

Administration

Uniform Police section

Reserve Patrol section

Investigations

All investigations are conducted by the Deadwood Police Department Detective. This detective ensures the efficient and effective management of the criminal investigation function by providing administrative guidance that identifies the responsibilities and investigative processes within the uniform police and reserve patrol sections of the department. The current Detective is Greg Nelson.

Ordinance enforcement

The duties of the ordinance enforcement officers of the Deadwood Police Department includes, but is not limited to the following; monitoring the flow of vehicles in timed parking areas, issues citations for parking violations such as overtime parking, illegal parking in handicapped, unloading, fire hydrant area, double parking, parking in no parking areas, parking against traffic and other parking related violations. They are also act as animal control and are responsible for picking up stray animals, issuing citations, investigating animal abuse cases and setting live animal traps. This section is also responsible for investigating ordinance violations, complaints and finding a solution for the violation. There department has two ordinance enforcement officers positions.

Reserve Patrol section

The Deadwood Police Department Reserve Patrol Section is an important part of the department. The Reserve Patrol Officers help to increase police responsiveness, serve delivery and information input. The Deadwood Police Department uses qualified Reserve Patrol Officers for specified tasks and duties that create efficiencies for the department and improve service to Deadwood. The Deadwood Police Department currently has eight Reserve Patrol Officers.

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