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Buffalo County Sheriff's Office

County agency in Buffalo, South Dakota. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 2004.

ORI
SD0080000
Type
County
County
Buffalo
State
South Dakota
FBI reporting
Reporting since 2004-01-01
Location
44.0443, -99.2040

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 1,799.

1Sworn officers
0Civilian staff
0.56Employees per 1,000 people
1,799Population served
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
2025101,7990.56
2024101,8550.54
2023101,8200.55
2022101,9150.52
2021101,9460.51
2020101,9650.51
2019102,0340.49
2018102,0190.50
2017102,0520.49
2016102,1250.47
2015102,1010.48
2014102,0470.49

Officer and civilian counts are full-time employees as filed by the agency in its annual return. A dash means the agency did not report that figure for that year — it does not mean zero.

Source

Agency identity, type, jurisdiction, coordinates and reporting status are as published by the FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency record SD0080000. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.