The South Dakota Highway Patrol held several open houses across the state in the last few weeks, encouraging females to think about applying to become a trooper.
Department of Public Safety Secretary Trevor Jones says they have had some luck in the past with that type of outreach…..

Jones says they are looking to broaden their workforce….

Jones says they want to be able to narrow down from a good pool of potential employees…..

Jones says they are seeing a number of retirement of long time troopers over the past few months.