Public offenses may be prevented by the intervention of the officers of justice:
(1) By requiring security to keep the peace;
(2) By forming a police in municipalities, and by requiring their attendance in exposed places;
(3) By suppressing riots.
S.D. Codified Laws § 23-13-1
Prevention of offenses by officers of justice--Methods
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 34.0102; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.