Pierre, S.D. (KELO.com) – Operation: Prairie Thunder continued its community-based enforcement efforts last week as law enforcement agencies completed the program’s 15th saturation patrol operations on Wednesday, October 21, and Thursday, October 22, in Box Elder.
Operation Prairie Thunder brings together the South Dakota Highway Patrol and city, county, and federal law enforcement partners for focused saturation patrols aimed at enhancing public safety and strengthening collaboration among agencies across South Dakota.
Through the initiative, participating agencies share personnel and resources while supporting one another’s enforcement and community safety efforts.
Results from the Box Elder operation, along with cumulative totals from all 15 OPT operations, are attached. The operations have occurred in 12 different communities: Belle Fourche, Box Elder, Brookings, Hot Springs, Huron, Mitchell, Sioux Falls, Sturgis, Vermillion, Watertown, Winner, and Yankton.
The Highway Patrol is an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
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