South Dakota
South Dakota's 66 sheriffs are statutory officers (SDCL ch. 7-12). The state has no civilian oversight statute and no county-level sheriff oversight bodies. The legislature has not advanced any enabling legislation. NACOLE lists no South Dakota entries at all.
Counties
| # | County | Oversight body | LE capability | Independence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No oversight body established | ||||
| 01 | Aurora | — | — | — |
| 02 | Beadle | — | — | — |
| 03 | Bennett | — | — | — |
| 04 | Bon Homme | — | — | — |
| 05 | Brookings | — | — | — |
| 06 | Brown | — | — | — |
| 07 | Brule | — | — | — |
| 08 | Buffalo | — | — | — |
| 09 | Butte | — | — | — |
| 10 | Campbell | — | — | — |
| 11 | Charles Mix | — | — | — |
| 12 | Clark | — | — | — |
| 13 | Clay | — | — | — |
| 14 | Codington | — | — | — |
| 15 | Corson | — | — | — |
| 16 | Custer | — | — | — |
| 17 | Davison | — | — | — |
| 18 | Day | — | — | — |
| 19 | Deuel | — | — | — |
| 20 | Dewey | — | — | — |
| 21 | Douglas | — | — | — |
| 22 | Edmunds | — | — | — |
| 23 | Fall River | — | — | — |
| 24 | Faulk | — | — | — |
| 25 | Grant | — | — | — |
| 26 | Gregory | — | — | — |
| 27 | Haakon | — | — | — |
| 28 | Hamlin | — | — | — |
| 29 | Hand | — | — | — |
| 30 | Hanson | — | — | — |
| 31 | Harding | — | — | — |
| 32 | Hughes | — | — | — |
| 33 | Hutchinson | — | — | — |
| 34 | Hyde | — | — | — |
| 35 | Jackson | — | — | — |
| 36 | Jerauld | — | — | — |
| 37 | Jones | — | — | — |
| 38 | Kingsbury | — | — | — |
| 39 | Lake | — | — | — |
| 40 | Lawrence | — | — | — |
| 41 | Lincoln | — | — | — |
| 42 | Lyman | — | — | — |
| 43 | Marshall | — | — | — |
| 44 | McCook | — | — | — |
| 45 | McPherson | — | — | — |
| 46 | Meade | — | — | — |
| 47 | Mellette | — | — | — |
| 48 | Miner | — | — | — |
| 49 | Minnehaha | — | — | — |
| 50 | Moody | — | — | — |
| 51 | Oglala Lakota | — | — | — |
| 52 | Pennington | — | — | — |
| 53 | Perkins | — | — | — |
| 54 | Potter | — | — | — |
| 55 | Roberts | — | — | — |
| 56 | Sanborn | — | — | — |
| 57 | Spink | — | — | — |
| 58 | Stanley | — | — | — |
| 59 | Sully | — | — | — |
| 60 | Todd | — | — | — |
| 61 | Tripp | — | — | — |
| 62 | Turner | — | — | — |
| 63 | Union | — | — | — |
| 64 | Walworth | — | — | — |
| 65 | Yankton | — | — | — |
| 66 | Ziebach | — | — | — |