Notice of Upcoming Vacancy – Oglala Lakota Sheriff
Request for letters of interest
Letters are being accepted by the Oglala Lakota Board of County Commissioners for persons interested in an appointment for the County Sheriff position. The vacancy is current. Interested parties may submit a letter of interest for the position. This appointment will be until 05/21/2025. The Board encourages the successful applicant to take out a petition to run for a two-year term. In 2026, the elected position will then be for a four-year term. An elected Sheriff will need to be a resident of Oglala Lakota County.
The following will apply to the individual appointed as County Sheriff:
Said individual to be appointed shall be certified to serve as Sheriff under South Dakota Law.
Said individual shall be in all respects qualified for office according to the general laws of the State of SD, except the Sheriff does not have to be a resident of Oglala Lakota County with the consent of the Commission upon appointment, but shall endeavor to find housing in Oglala Lakota County; and
The Sheriff shall have the duties, power, authority and responsibilities as provided by the law of the State of SD. The Sheriff shall serve full-time and may not hold any other employment without the consent of the Commissioners.
Must have a High School Diploma or GED
Must have a SD Law Enforcement Training Basic Certification
Must have Law Enforcement Experience
Law enforcement officers are required to work odd hours and be subject to call out day or night, holidays and weekends.
Officers are required to work in all types of weather and may be subject to adverse or hazardous working conditions posed to all Law Enforcement personnel. The position requires SD State Certification for Law Enforcement which if not already obtained, will be provided and completed in Pierre, SD to a successful applicant. Position requires a medical physical, drug testing, fingerprinting and background check.
Salary per SD Codified Law 7-12-15; $44,723.04. South Dakota Retirement and Life Insurance. Dental and Vision available.
Letters of interest must be mailed to the Oglala Lakota County Commission, Attn: County Auditor, 906 N. River Street, Hot Springs, SD, 57747, or emailed to the County Auditor at [email protected]. The deadline to submit a letter is Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. For any further questions please contact the County Auditor at 605-745-5130. Oglala Lakota County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Dated this 30th day of April, 2025
Sue Ganje, County Auditor
The county is entirely within the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and contains part of Badlands National Park. It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county; taxes on alcohol consumed within the county go to other counties.
Oglala Lakota County is one of two counties in South Dakota that does not have its own county seat (Todd County is the other). Hot Springs in neighboring Fall River County serves as its administrative center. It is also one of five South Dakota counties that are entirely on an Indian reservation. (The others are Corson, Dewey, Todd, and Ziebach.) [Article: Why Does a Reservation County also have a County Government?]
Oglala Lakota County was renamed in May of 2015, originally it had been named Shannon County. Until 1982 Oglala Lakota and Washabaugh County, South Dakota, were the last unorganized counties in the United States. Although it was organized and received a home rule charter that year, Oglala Lakota County, as noted above, contracts with Fall River County for its Auditor, Treasurer, Director of Equalization, State’s Attorney and Registrar of Deeds.
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Notice of Upcoming Vacancy – Oglala Lakota Sheriff Request for letters of interest Letters are being accepted by the Oglala Lakota Board of County Commissioners for persons interested in an appointment for the County Sheriff position. The vacancy is current. Interested parties may submit a letter of interest for the position. This appointment will be […]
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