(Sioux Falls, SD) — The South Dakota Department of Public Safety is clearing up confusion over numbers from “Operation: Prairie Thunder” in Sioux Falls. Officials now say 78 people faced drug charges, with 51 booked into jail, not the 174 arrests first reported. The department admits it had counted each charge as an arrest and has apologized for the mix-up. Governor Rhoden still calls the three-day patrol a success and says more saturation patrols are planned in the months ahead.
SD DPS Apologizes for Arrest Reporting Error, Clarifies Numbers
