<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=02:01:11:04"><span class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0-000000">2:01:11:04</span></a><span class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0-000001">.  Investigation and dismissal of complaint.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0"> Upon the filing of a complaint, the executive secretary shall conduct an investigation of the allegations in the complaint, in accordance with the commission's internal operating procedures for complaints against certified law enforcement officers. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0">In conjunction with an investigation, the executive secretary may require the law enforcement officer to undergo a psychological evaluation by a psychologist designated by the executive secretary to determine the officer's ability to perform the duties of a law enforcement officer. After the investigation is concluded, the executive secretary shall give notice of a contested case hearing under SDCL chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-26"><span class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0-000002">1-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0"> or submit the complaint and any investigative report to a commission member. After examining the complaint and investigative report, the commission member must either request further investigation, direct the executive secretary to give notice of a contested case hearing, or t</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0">he commission </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0">member </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0">may dismiss the complaint if it appears that the grounds alleged in the complaint are frivolous, clearly unfounded in fact, or in the opinion of the commission </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0">member, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0">the appointing authority has adequately responded to </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0">the </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0">allegations in the complaint. </span><span class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0">If the commission member dismisses the complaint, such dismissal shall be reported to the commission at its next regularly scheduled meeting</span><span class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0">    </span><span class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0"> 14 SDR 81, effective December 6, 1987; 25 SDR 34, effective September 16, 1998</span><span class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0">; 47 SDR 130, effective June 6, 2021</span><span class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0">    </span><span class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=23-3-35"><span class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0-000002">23-3-35</span></a><span class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0">(3).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0">    </span><span class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=23-3-35"><span class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0-000002">23-3-35</span></a><span class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658C0">(3).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s54f52f3e-c8cb-4716-b177-3dac6a37d658000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>