| Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan Counties | County | Total law enforcement employees | Total officers | Total civilians |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Counties | Lincoln | 19 | 17 | 2 |
| McCook | 7 | 6 | 1 | |
| Meade | 55 | 17 | 38 | |
| Minnehaha | 189 | 70 | 119 | |
| Pennington | 98 | 68 | 30 | |
| Turner | 10 | 8 | 2 | |
| Union | 27 | 7 | 20 | |
| Nonmetropolitan Counties | Aurora | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Beadle | 29 | 7 | 22 | |
| Bennett | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Bon Homme | 8 | 3 | 5 | |
| Brookings | 20 | 12 | 8 | |
| Brown | 45 | 13 | 32 | |
| Brule | 9 | 4 | 5 | |
| Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Butte | 13 | 5 | 8 | |
| Campbell | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Charles Mix | 13 | 5 | 8 | |
| Clark | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Clay | 10 | 7 | 3 | |
| Codington | 23 | 7 | 16 | |
| Corson | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Custer | 13 | 12 | 1 | |
| Davison | 8 | 6 | 2 | |
| Day | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| Deuel | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
| Dewey | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Douglas | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Edmunds | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| Fall River | 16 | 6 | 10 | |
| Faulk | 9 | 3 | 6 | |
| Grant | 8 | 3 | 5 | |
| Gregory | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Haakon | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Hamlin | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Hand | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Hanson | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Harding | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Hughes | 20 | 5 | 15 | |
| Hutchinson | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jackson | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jerauld | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Jones | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kingsbury | 6 | 5 | 1 | |
| Lake | 10 | 5 | 5 | |
| Lawrence | 46 | 18 | 28 | |
| Lyman | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Marshall | 11 | 6 | 5 | |
| McPherson | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mellette | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Miner | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Moody | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
| Perkins | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Potter | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Roberts | 26 | 4 | 22 | |
| Sanborn | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Shannon | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Spink | 13 | 8 | 5 | |
| Stanley | 6 | 5 | 1 | |
| Sully | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Todd | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tripp | 6 | 5 | 1 | |
| Walworth | 10 | 2 | 8 | |
| Yankton | 10 | 9 | 1 | |
| Ziebach | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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