RAPID CITY, S.D. – In 2018, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), partnered with the U.S. Department of Justice and it’s Victims of Crime department, awarded grants to five separate areas (Baton Rouge, Houston, Minneapolis, Oakland and Rapid City) in need of improving community and law enforcement relations.
Rapid City was the only one of the five cities that historically has seen tension between the police and Native Americans.
“We do know that we have a disproportionate Nat