As part of its government accountability efforts, the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office has released (Feb. 4, 2026) the first Public Integrity Report to the state legislature’s Government Operations & Audit Committee.
The Public Integrity Unit was established through a bill (Senate Bill 62) passed and signed during the 2025 legislative session.
Attorney General Marty Jackley says the legislation also put key provisions in place to better protect South Dakota tax payers by creating mandatory reporting requirements for state employee misconduct and providing protections for state employees who make good-faith reports to authorities.
Jackley says an important part of this government accountability effort is the work with State Auditor General Russ Olson.
Jackley says the report details the work of the Public Integrity Unit in 2025.
Jackley says 14 of the state employee misconduct reports resulted in criminal investigations, with four state employees being criminally charged so far.
Housed within the Attorney General’s Office, the Public Integrity Unit investigates cases of state employee misconduct. It includes an Assistant Attorney General serving as prosecutor and a Division of Criminal Investigation Supervisory Special Agent serving as investigator.
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