South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
University or College agency in Pennington County. How it reports to the FBI, and the rules its arrests run under.
Reporting to the FBI
- Population served
- None listed
- Counties
- Pennington County
- Incident reporting
- Sends incident detail (NIBRS) since January 2020.
- Months sent in 2025
- 8 of 12
- FBI agency code
- SD0510700
Source: FBI NIBRS master file 2025 batch headers; names from the FBI agency list, pulled 2026-09-29.
After an arrest
- Who decides release first
A clerk magistrate, a court clerk who is not a lawyer, usually sets the first bond or grants personal recognizance from the presiding judge's fine and bond schedule, for felonies as well as misdemeanors. Murder, first-degree manslaughter, and kidnapping go to a circuit or magistrate judge. Domestic abuse bond is set by a magistrate judge or circuit judge.
SDCL 16-12C-10SDCL 16-2-21UJS Fine and Bond Schedule for Use by Clerk Magistrates- Time to see a judge
Police must take an arrested person before the nearest available committing magistrate without unnecessary delay. South Dakota law sets no number of hours.
SDCL 23A-4-1
Crime and arrests
No figures yet
This agency's reported offenses, clearances, and arrests appear here once the agency series is published.