RAPID CITY, S.D.- The South Dakota Highway Patrol recently increased their starting wage to $30.03 an hour for new troopers, and they're currently hiring certified and non-certified applicants.
It's a common misconception that Highway Patrol is only for the highways and interstates. In a state like South Dakota with many rural areas and small law enforcement agencies, troopers are often primary or backup officers for a variety of calls for service. "Especially in those smaller communities, a lot of times we are the only law enforcement that's available to respond. So a lot of people believe that we just write crashes and we just stop speeding cars. That's not true. We respond to all the same calls if need be," explains Trooper Elyse Helkenn with the South Dakota Highway Patrol.
Helkenn explains that troopers also assist city and county law enforcement agencies in Rapid City and wherever else they may be needed. "If an agency asks for assistance, we're going to go help them no matter what," she says.
No two days in law enforcement are ever the same, and Helkenn explains that's especially true with the South Dakota Highway Patrol, since she has more control over where she works. "We start our days from our driveway, we have take home cars. So I get in my car. I say that I'm ready to go and I decide where I want to work for the day," she says. "I work around the Rapid City area so I could be working in Rapid City down by Custer, all sorts of different places, which is just...
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