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Dewey County Sheriff's Office

County agency in Dewey, South Dakota. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 1991.

ORI
SD0200000
Type
County
County
Dewey
State
South Dakota
FBI reporting
Reporting since 1991-01-01
Location
45.1500, -100.8522

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 4,697.

3Sworn officers
0Civilian staff
0.64Employees per 1,000 people
4,697Population served
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
2025304,6970.64
2024404,5340.88
2023404,4650.90
2022404,6590.86
2021405,1280.78
2020405,3690.75
2019305,3530.56
2018305,3620.56
2017305,2190.57
2016315,1830.77
2015315,1570.78
2014315,1060.78

Officer and civilian counts are full-time employees as filed by the agency in its annual return. A dash means the agency did not report that figure for that year — it does not mean zero.

Military surplus received

Transferred under the Department of Defense 1033 programme, which passes surplus military equipment to law enforcement agencies at no cost. Values are the Department’s original acquisition cost, not what the equipment is worth today.

$2,357Original acquisition value
8Line items received
19972011Years of transfers
ItemQuantityAcquisition valueMost recent
Rifle,5.56 Millimeter3$1,4971997-04-29
Night Vision Equip, Emit, Reflected Rad1$6252011-02-12
Pistol,Caliber .45,Automatic4$2352010-03-04

Source: Defense Logistics Agency, Law Enforcement Support Office, public data as at 30 June 2026. Items are grouped by description; the date shown is the most recent shipment of that item.

Source

Agency identity, type, jurisdiction, coordinates and reporting status are as published by the FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency record SD0200000. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.