Attorney General Merrick Garland touts drop in violent crime during Sioux Falls visit

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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland extolled the Department of Justice’s relationships with local law enforcement and efforts by federal officials to combat crime in a swing through South Dakota Wednesday.

Garland’s scripted event at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sioux Falls lasted less than minutes before he met privately with more than a dozen local, tribal and federal law enforcement officials.

“These are the people who work every single day to protect the people of this state,” he said.

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