The Department of Public Safety shall establish an adequate highway patrol by the employment of full-time employees as it deems adequate. The employees shall be known and commissioned as agents of the Division of Highway Patrol. Each full-time employee is required to pass suitable examinations and is subject to all of the provisions contained in this chapter and chapter 3-6D pertaining to qualifications of the employee.

Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0603; SL 1989, ch 256, § 1; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 21; SL 2018, ch 12, § 12.