Pcso will hire a new position to promote professional development and allow additional data analysis for recruitment and retention processes

The Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program awarded Pennington County Sheriff's Office $174,606 on October 1, 2025, under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710).

The award funds the Sheriff's Office to hire a new position dedicated to professional development and data analysis for recruitment and retention processes. Deliverables include a job description, Board of Commissioners approval, the new hire's resume, Society for Human Resource Management documentation, programmatic and financial reports, and recruitment and retention analytics. The Sheriff's Office will develop and update branding guidelines and implement advanced marketing efforts to reach new talent pools and shift community perception of law enforcement toward proactive policing. The organization will collaborate with partners to identify recruitment strategies that help resolve community problems and ensure community safety.

Performance occurs in Rapid City, South Dakota, with a period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027.

In addition to advancing the recruitment, hiring, and retention strategies across pcso, this opportunity provides support to uplift the image of law enforcement across region. The final deliverables include a job description, approval of the position from the board of commissioners, new hire resume, shrm documentation, programmatic and financial reports, and recruitment and retention analytics. Creating and updating branding guidelines combined with advanced marketing efforts will help ensure that recruitment efforts target new talent pools. Through the branding process, pcso will shift the narrative and perspective of law enforcement within the community. Through this opportunity, pcso will collaborate with partners to better identify recruitment strategies that help shift the thinking to proactive policing. Through this engagement, the goal remains to help resolve community problems to ensure a safe community.