Attorney General Austin Knudsen is a staunch supporter of law enforcement, and as the chief law enforcement official in Montana he frequently gets out of Helena to visit with local law enforcement to serve communities across the state.
Upon taking office, during the 2021 Legislative Session, Attorney General Knudsen secured funds and administered a grant program to help 23 Montana law enforcement agencies obtain and train drug-detecting canines to help fight the drug epidemic in Montana.
He successfully advocated for ten new criminal justice employees at the Montana Department of Justice to help support local law enforcement and backed the End of Watch Trust to support eligible law enforcement officers and their surviving immediate family in the event of an officer’s death or catastrophic injury in the line of duty, during the 2023 Legislative Session.
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HELENA –The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) commissioned 17 new troopers, the largest class in the last 20 years, at a graduation ceremony in Helena Friday. Attorney General Knudsen and MHP Colonel Kurt Sager addressed the new troopers prior to their [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined attorneys general from 25 other states in issuing the following statement supporting President Trump’s decision to send in the National Guard in response to violent riots in California: “We will always defend [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced Jordyn Muggli, of Miles City, as the winner of the fourth annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Poster Contest, during National Police Week. Jordyn is a fifth-grade student at Lincoln Grade School in Miles City. In [...]