The Rapid City Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at 12 p.m. on Monday, July 13, 2020. View Agenda ..read more

A Rapid City man has been placed under arrest for Second Degree Murder following an assault at a local motel. On June 6th at around 10:00 p.m., police were dispatched to 710 Meade Street for a report of an assault that had taken place.  On arrival, police were directed to a room at the motel where the assault had occurred. Police located the assault victim inside the room, unresponsive. Police rendered emergency life-saving measures until a medical unit arrived. Medics determined the man was deceased. The identity of the victim is being withheld until proper notification of next-of-kin ..read more

The Rapid City Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at 12 p.m. on Monday, June 8, 2020. View Agenda ..read more

After more than 24 years of service to the citizens of Rapid City, Chief Karl Jegeris has announced his intent to depart his leadership position at the Rapid City Police Department. He will be leaving to join the Children’s Home Society of South Dakota as their Director of Collaborative Excellence. Chief Jegeris joined the Rapid City Police Department in 1995. His career path through the agency has seen him hold the positions of School Liaison Officer, Juvenile Detective, Juvenile Sergeant, Patrol Lieutenant, Patrol Captain, and Assistant Chief of Police. In June of 2014, he was appointed as ..read more

Assistant Chief of Police Don Hedrick has been accepted into the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as a Bloomberg Fellow. Assistant Chief Hedrick is one of fifty-eight Bloomberg Fellows this year, and is one of eight leaders in the nation to receive the fellowship to pursue a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree from the school. The full JHSPH announcement is available at this link. The fellowship program is part of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, a project housed at the School of Public Health and funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Initiative works to tackle cr ..read more

The Rapid City Police Department has recently learned that one of its officers has tested positive for COVID-19. The RCPD learned of the positive test result late Monday afternoon. When the officer first began developing symptoms, he immediately informed his supervisor. In accordance with CDC guidelines, the officer has not returned to work since first developing symptoms and remains in self-quarantine. Supervisory staff of the RCPD are currently in the process of determining a timeline of where the officer had been called to and what contacts the officer may have made within the last two we ..read more

The Rapid City Police Department is scheduled for an assessment as part of a program to achieve re-accreditation by verifying it meets professional standards. The original on-site assessment was postponed due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions placed on assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA). The virtual assessment will be conducted remotely using teleconference software. This will be the Department’s 10th accreditation award and 30th year of accreditation. The RCPD is the ONLY accredited law enforcement agency in the state of South Da ..read more

EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR SICK HOMELESS OPERATIONAL AND READY FOR USE Temporary Facility Is Collaborative Effort Among Numerous Entities; Will Provide Services To Homeless Clients Who Are Sick With No Options RAPID CITY, SD--Rapid City's Emergency Shelter for sick homeless individuals is entering the operational phase and ready for use.             The shelter, located in the Civic Center's Rushmore Hall, has been several weeks in the making and is a major collaborative effort among numerous community organizations.  The purpose of the 1 ..read more

The Rapid City Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at 12 p.m. on Monday, May 11, 2020. May Library Board of Trustees Agenda ..read more

The Rapid City Police Department is currently investigating multiple early-morning burglaries. At the time of this release, one suspect has been taken into custody. At around 3:55 a.m. on April 19th, police were dispatched to 643 North Lacrosse Street for an alarm. On arrival, police observed that one of the business’s windows had been broken. Upon review of the business’s security footage, a suspect is seen breaking the window with a rock and rummaging through the interior. At around 4:45 a.m., police responded to 406 E. North Street for a report of an alarm. On arrival, police located a wi ..read more