Deputy Sheriff

Minnehaha County • Detroit, MI

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office is hiring a Deputy Sheriff for its patrol team in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Deputies provide law enforcement services throughout Minnehaha County and several surrounding towns, helping preserve public safety and quality of life. Previous law enforcement experience is not required; newly hired Deputies receive training, including a 13-week South Dakota law enforcement academy followed by an intensive 15-week field training program. Deputies who are already law enforcement certified proceed directly to field training.

The role involves patrol, investigations, traffic enforcement, responding to dispatch calls, serving warrants and legal documents, civil process procedures, assisting people at accident scenes, and community outreach. Deputies may pursue specialty assignments such as Crisis Negotiations, SWAT, the Fugitive Task Force, EMT, Criminal Investigations, School Resource Officers, and community engagement.

The 2027 hiring range is $33.12–$36.51 per hour, with full earning potential up to $49.08 per hour and regular opportunities for pay increases. With good performance, new officers may receive pay increases of up to 5% after each of their first three years, in addition to annual increases. The position offers a $1.00-per-hour night-shift differential, retention payments for eligible newly hired Deputies, and specialty pay for bilingual officers who pass a language proficiency exam. Deputies work 12-hour shifts, 15 shifts per month, with Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays off every other week.

Benefits include paid time off, extended sick leave, health, dental, vision, and life insurance, paid holidays, and retirement through the South Dakota Retirement System. Wellbeing resources include annual confidential mental health visits, additional support for officers and family members, financial and legal resources, an onsite workout facility, local gym partnerships, gym reimbursement, wellness challenges, and health and fitness education.

Requirements

• Meet at least one minimum education or work-history qualification: two years of college or vocational school (48 credit hours); two years of work experience as a certified law enforcement officer; two years of active, full-time military experience; four years of military reserve experience; or four years of professional work experience.
• Be at least 21 years old at the time of hiring.
• Be eligible for certification under the South Dakota Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Training Commission.
• Attach documentation verifying minimum qualifications, such as a college transcript, proof of law enforcement certification, or DD214.

Responsibilities

• Patrol throughout Minnehaha County and surrounding towns to investigate illegal or suspicious activities.
• Conduct thorough investigations and interview victims and witnesses.
• Enforce traffic laws and assist victims at accident scenes.
• Serve warrants and legal documents and perform civil process procedures.
• Locate individuals with arrest warrants.
• Respond promptly to dispatch calls and mediate disputes.
• Participate in community outreach and build relationships with residents through schools, parades, town celebrations, and other community activities.

Benefits

• $1.00-per-hour night shift differential.
• Retention payments of $1,000 at 9, 18, 27, and 36 months of service for eligible newly hired Deputies with good performance.
• Specialty pay for bilingual officers who pass a language proficiency exam.
• Regular opportunities for pay increases, including potential increases of up to 5% after each of the first three years with good performance, in addition to annual increases.
• Paid time off and extended sick leave programs.
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Paid holidays.
• Retirement through the South Dakota Retirement System.
• Annual confidential mental health visits and additional support sessions for officers and family members.
• Access to financial resources, legal advisors, work and lifestyle support, and educational resources.
• Onsite workout facility and partnerships with local gyms.
• Gym reimbursement, wellness challenges, and health and fitness education.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed