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FY18 Budget Hearing

Mission: Keeping South Dakota a Safe Place to Live, Work, Visit and Raise a Family.

South Dakota Departm ent of Public Safety

Department of Public Safety

• Administration Division
• Highway Patrol Division

 Highway Patrol  Accident Records  Highway Safety

• Emergency Services & Homeland Security

 Emergency Management  Fire Marshal  Homeland Security

• Legal and Regulatory Services

 Weights and Measures  Driver Licensing  Inspections

• 911 Coordination Board

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Public Safety $3,763,050 0.2%

FY2018 State General Fund Budget Public Safety – 0.2% of State General Fund spending

$3,763,050 / $1,620,295,174 = .002322

General $3,763,050 6%

Federal $17,352,753 30% Other $37,310,078 64%

Department of Public Safety Funding Sources FY18 Budget General 3,763,050 6% Federal 17,352,753 30% Other 37,310,078 64% Total 58,425,881 100%

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DPS Success Stories ‐ 2016

Fatal Crash Reduction Progress

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Lesson Learned SD

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The Office of Highway Safety conducted an interactive web‐ based program in the spring of 2016 to encourage young drivers to be safe drivers.

• High school students participated in activities showing what happens when drivers

are distracted, not wearing seat belts and driving under the influence.

• Watch three online videos,

answer safety questions to be entered into a contest for cash prizes.

• South Dakota Broadcasters

Association sponsored cash prizes.

• $10,000 winner – Adam

Lange from Yankton.

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Highway Patrol Squad Enforcement Projects

Fatal crash involving alcohol

In 2016, the 16 Highway Patrol squads were asked to identify the largest highway safety problem in their squad and develop an enforcement plan to make a positive impact on the issue. Overall, fatal crashes were reduced by 53% in the areas troopers targeted when comparing 2016 to 2015.

• The Aberdeen squad focused on

crash reduction on U.S. 12 between Aberdeen and Mobridge.

• 24 saturation patrols.
• 1 fatality in 2016 compared to

8 fatalities in 2015.

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Highway Patrol Squad Enforcement Projects (continued)

Fatal crash – no seat belt worn

• Glacial Lakes squad troopers focused on

crash reduction in Roberts and Day Counties.

• Saturation patrols increased
• 6% reduction in injury crashes
• 44% reduction in total crashes in

Roberts County.

• Sioux Falls squad troopers focused on

crash reduction on S.D. Highway 42 between Sioux Falls and U.S. Highway 81.

• DUI arrests more than doubled from

2015.

• 43% reduction in total crashes.
• 55% reduction in injuries to motorists.

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Driver Licensing Update

The DL program implemented a new driving record system in January of 2016.

The old system had been in use since the early 1980s, and system support was limited due to the outdated

• technology. The new program

allows DL staff to gather statistics more easily and provides examiners with the applicant’s most recent photo, thus reducing the chance of fraud.

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Driver Licensing Update (continued)

In the 2013 legislative session, legislators approved SB 45, which allows a SD driver license or ID card holder to renew their license

• r card through the mail or online.
• Use of online is trending

steadily upward.

• Can be done this way once in

a 10‐year period (every other renewal cycle).

• Upload two proofs of address
• 65 or older – also upload

vision statement from eye doctor.

200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17

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Office of Emergency Management

Grant County

2016 Christmas Day Blizzard/Ice Storm

Edmunds County Roberts County

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Hazard Mitigation Works…..

• Codington‐Clark Electric buried six lines and avoided $407,500 in damage from the

2016 Christmas Blizzard.

• Poles along U.S. Highway 12 would have been damaged for Moreau‐Grand Electric,

if they hadn’t buried the lines. The power line running into Whitehorse also would have been damaged.

• FEM Electric, which lost nearly its entire system in 2010, lost 200 power poles in the

2016 Christmas Blizzard. FEM officials estimate that without the hazard mitigation funding and efforts of the past seven years, they would have lost over 2,000 poles.

2,000 poles X $2,500 per pole = $5 million in avoided damages.

Many rural electric cooperatives have utilized FEMA hazard mitigation funds to bury overhead powerlines.

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Office of the State Fire Marshal

The fire fatalities trend continues to decrease in South Dakota.

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• 2015 ‐ the SFMO and fire service launched a new web‐based platform to deliver

fire training videos that can be used by instructors and fire departments

• statewide. Nearly one‐third (97) of South Dakota’s fire departments participated

in the web‐based training and submitted positive feedback on the system.

• This type of training delivery greatly benefits small, rural departments.
• Based on this success, the program was expanded in late 2016 to include an
• nline interactive option for firefighter training, testing and certification.
• Goal ‐ improve recruitment of volunteers, as well as increase the number of

certified firefighters, by offering a more flexible and convenient training option.

Office of the State Fire Marshal

Recent feedback from the fire service indicated training delivery was an obstacle to joining the fire service.

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Office of Homeland Security

Cisco An Office of Homeland Security employee at the SF building collapse.

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Office of Homeland Security

• Homeland Security funds a number of projects throughout the state
• South Dakota Task Force 1 (SDTF‐1) is one of those projects.
• SDTF 1 is comprised of personnel from Aberdeen, Rapid City, Sioux Falls and

Watertown fire departments.

• On December 2, 2016, a building in downtown Sioux Falls collapsed, trapping

two individuals and three dogs under the debris.

• Incident commanders requested SDTF‐1, trained in structural collapse, to

safely search for survivors.

• A woman was safely rescued from the debris.
• The task force includes Cisco, a certified live‐find/air scenting K‐9 Belgian

Malinois trained to search for live human beings. Cisco came to SD in 2014 with the help of a Homeland Security grant. Sadly, Cisco and his handler were unable to find the other individual alive.

• However, Cisco did alert to the locations where the woman and three family

dogs were found alive.

Amendments to General Appropriation for FY17 (SB 32)

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• Requesting a one‐time increase of $952,628 in federal fund authority for the

Motor Carrier Safety Alliance Program (MCSAP).

• For FFY17 the FAST Act provided relief from penalties and returned SD to 100%

funding under the MCSAP program where previously we had been awarded 50% of available funds. The FAST Act also consolidated various FMCSA grant programs – MCSAP, New Entrant and the administration portion of Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN). It also changed the funding from 80% federal to 85% federal, reducing our match amount from 20% to 15%.

Budget Request

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Divisions General Funds Federal Funds Other Funds FTE Total Funds

Highway Patrol Budget Brief p. 5 & 6 MCSAP Grant $ 302,096 $ (100,000) $ 202,096 Equipment $ 139,668 $ 139,668 Smart On Crime $ 500,000 4.0 $ 500,000 State Radio (5.0) Legal & Regulatory Services Budget Brief p. 8 & 9 Metrology Lab $ 43,500 $ 43,500 Total Request $ 43,500 $ 302,096 $ 539,668 (1.0) $ 885,264

FTE Utilization

FY17 FY16 FY15 Budgeted FTE 411.5 413.5 419.0 FTE Used 395.1 403.6 Unutilized FTE 18.4 15.4

• Change in budgeted FTE:
• FY16 – Emergency Medical Services moved to DOH (5.5 FTE)
• FY17 – Reduced FTE in State Radio (2 FTE)
• Unutilized FTE:
• FY15 – Highway Patrol Division
• FY16 – Highway Patrol Division

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Turnover Rates

0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 12.0% 14.0% 16.0% FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16

Personnel Turnover

State DPS

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