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Doug Austin, Director
City/County Alcohol and Drug Programs
725 N. LaCrosse, Suite 300
Rapid City, SD 57701
(605) 394-6128
E-mail CCADP
The 24/7 Sobriety Program began in Pennington County in February, 2005. The program began as a pilot program from Attorney General Larry Long's office. Each site applied for a three-year grant to cover the expenses of the PBT machines and the tubes used in testing each client. Clients are referred to the 24/7 Program as either a condition of their bond or by their probation/parole officer.
In the beginning there were three part-time technicians and a supervisor. Now the 24/7 staff consists of 7 part-time employees including the supervisor. As of June 1, 2007, 450 clients are in the program. Each client is required to be at the center for testing between the hours of 6-9 am and 5-9 pm. If a client has a positive reading or fails to appear for their tests, it is considered a violation of the 24/7 Program, Dispatch is notified immediately and an officer from the Pennington County Sheriff's office takes the person to jail.
Each client has a criteria set forth for them to follow to be compliant with their conditions of bond. Some clients are required to do two PBTs and a random UA every week. Others have to do either PBTs or UAs, according to the judge's or probation/parole officer's discretion. The program criteria set by the Attorney General's office requires that the person does two PBTs per day and one random UA per week. Others are classified as Pennington County 24/7 participants because of the different criteria.
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