1-13-8. Dispatches and reports to be broadcast.
The Department of Public Safety shall broadcast all police dispatches and reports submitted, which have a reasonable relation to, or connection with, the apprehension of criminals, the prevention of crime, or the maintenance of peace and order in the state. The department shall also broadcast any other statement or report upon request of any constitutional officer, or the head of any state department, providing such message relates to state business.
Source: SDC 1939, §55.1610; SL 1999, ch 177, §14; SL 2015, ch 5, §4.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 1 - State Affairs and Government
Chapter 13 - State Communications System
Section 1-13-2 - Towers, repeater stations, and subheadquarters authorized.
Section 1-13-3 - Employment of personnel and equipment--Maintenance and operating costs.
Section 1-13-4 - Radio communications fund as continuing fund.
Section 1-13-5 - Federal funds--Acceptance and use.
Section 1-13-6 - Local law enforcement officers to be furnished receiving sets.
Section 1-13-7 - Officers with receiving sets to report to bureau.
Section 1-13-8 - Dispatches and reports to be broadcast.
Section 1-13-9 - Priority of messages to broadcasting station--Misdemeanor.
Section 1-13-10 - False report to broadcasting station as misdemeanor.
Section 1-13-11 - Unified data network authorized--Equipment purchased or leased.
Section 1-13-12 - Department and attorney general to receive necessary equipment.
Section 1-13-13 - County sheriffs to receive necessary equipment.
Section 1-13-14 - Municipal participation in law enforcement telecommunications system.
Section 1-13-15 - Participation by other law enforcement agencies.
Section 1-13-16 - Promulgation of rules.
Section 1-13-17 - Termination of service for risk of security or privacy violation.