Rapid City Government News (296 items)

The Rapid City Police Department is hosting a series of public engagement events aimed at bolstering interaction between Rapid City residents and their respective Sector Lieutenants. The first meeting is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 25th at Black Hills Bagels. The May 25th ‘Coffee with a Cop’ event…

The Rapid City Police Department is helping the City of Rapid City roll out the red carpet as approximately 3,000 guests from all over the world begin to arrive in Rapid City for the International Collegiate Programming Contest. The event runs May 20th through May 25th. ICPC 2017 will be…

In its commitment to public safety, the Rapid City Police Department will participate in saturation patrols during the nationwide law enforcement mobilization campaign known as ‘Click it or Ticket.’ The campaign runs May 22nd to June 4th. The RCPD will be adding officers during its standard shifts to aid in…

Law enforcement officers will run across the state with Special Olympics athletes, carrying the Flame of Hope to the site of the 2017 Summer Games in Spearfish. Members of local law enforcement and local athletes will pick up the Flame of Hope at Rapid City High School at 2:30 p.m.…

On May 9th, the Rapid City Police Department conducted compliance checks of local alcohol establishments.  A total of 17 establishments were checked and 16 were found to be in compliance. One of the establishments, On the Border (located at 1331 East North Street), sold alcohol to underage police informants. The…

NOTE: This is a press release being sent out by the RCPD on behalf of all of the responding agencies. At approximately 1:30 p.m. on April 27th, police were called to 1751 Harmony Heights Lane to perform a welfare check on a resident of the apartment complex. When the officer…

On Saturday, April 29th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Rapid City Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.  Bring your pills for…

On April 16th at around 6:30 p.m., a Rapid City police officer was conducting an extra patrol along the bike path when they were flagged down by a subject who informed the officer about a body seen in Rapid Creek. The subject informed police of the deceased subject’s location. Police…

On Wednesday, April 12, 2017, the Rapid City Police Department conducted compliance checks of local alcohol establishments.  A total of 19 establishments were checked and 15 were found to be in compliance. Four of the establishments sold alcohol to underage police informants: Autumn Hills Liquor, located at 5312 Sheridan Lake…

The Rapid City Police Department has secured approval from the Community Reward Fund to offer a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any suspect(s) involved in the disappearance of 21-year-old Larissa Lonehill. The RCPD began investigating Lonehill’s disappearance in early November of 2016. She was…