SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Minnehaha County will apply for a COPS Hiring Grant for four deputy sheriff's whose salaries will be paid 25% locally and 75% federally.
Sheriff Mike Milstead says after three years the county will pay the deputy's entire salaries.
Milstead told the commission today that he would come before them between now and the fourth year to ask for more than four deputy sheriffs to meet the demands of a growing community. He says this is a way to get to that level.
Milstead says previous applications have resulted in denials or fewer officers than requested.