Keeping South Dakota a safe place in which to live, work, visit and raise a family.

The South Dakota Department of Public Safety includes 14 agencies with the mission to keep South Dakota a safe place in which to live, work, visit and raise a family.

SD Office of Accident Records	SD Driver Licensing	South Dakota Office of Emergency Management
SD State Fire Marshal	South Dakota Highway Patrol	South Dakota Office of Highway Safety
SD Homeland Security	South Dakota LETS	South Dakota State 9-1-1
South Dakota Wildland Fire	South Dakota Weights & Measures	South Dakota Fusion Center
SD State Inspections		Victims' Services Program

Our agencies work together to protect and serve South Dakota by:

• Coordinating with state, local and tribal governments to prevent acts of terrorism.
• Communicating homeland security, terrorism, preventive, and response measures to private and public entities.
• Providing highway patrol services that protect our citizens and visitors by promoting public safety through education, enforcement, and example. Commercial vehicle regulation is also part of the Highway Patrol.
• Providing highway safety grants and information.
• Compiling and analyzing accident records and motor vehicle crash data.
• Developing and integrating all hazard emergency plans for disasters.
• Assisting state, local, and tribal governments with emergency management efforts to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate natural and man-made disasters before they occur.
• Providing fire prevention services, including fire reporting, training, investigation, public education, fire prevention, code enforcement, and other state fire marshal services.
• Coordinating a statewide 9-1-1 system by providing local governments in South Dakota with technical assistance, funding oversight, and monitoring administrative rule compliance. 
• Issuing identification, testing, licensing and regulating commercial and non-commercial drivers.
• Providing state inspections and weights and measures services for businesses and consumers.
• Providing funding to programs that offer shelter, advocacy, crisis counseling and other victims' services to victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking, and other violent crimes.
• Providing compensation to victims of violent crimes.
• Providing the protection of resources and the public through South Dakota Wildland Fire.

For more information, please contact us by calling (605) 773-3178 or email us.