PIERRE, S.D – Attorney General Marty Jackley announced that 24/7 Sobriety Program is distributing money back to the counties to strengthen and improve the program. The third quarter in FY 2015 returned $64,864 back to the program and those monies are redistributed to the participating agencies.
The allocation for the quarter to the Winner Police Department was $345. “The 24/7 Sobriety Program has proven to be an effective means to combat addiction and drunk driving in South Dakota,” said Jackley. “This disbursement will assist our sheriffs and local agencies to run and improve this offender pay program. The program holds qualifying offenders accountable for their actions and for the costs, and provides them the opportunity to be at their place of employment and with their families.”
Participants using the SCRAM bracelet pay $6.00 a day. This money is used for monitoring fees, testing site costs and the remainder going into a 24/7 program fund monitored by the Attorney General’s Office. The 24/7 program fund is used to pay administrative cost of the program and the remainder to be allocated to the testing sites for staffing, equipment and facility improvement associated with the 24/7 Sobriety Program. Funding part time testers, printing of 24/7 materials and the purchase of new PBTs are just a few examples. Allocations to participating agencies began in 2011.
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