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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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen was a witness today before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance on the missing and murdered Indigenous persons (MMIP) crisis. During the hearing entitled “Missing and Murdered [...]
HELENA – The Montana Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of Jason Allen Miller for the attempted homicide of Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Lewis Johnson, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. Miller appealed his June 2025 conviction for running over and seriously [...]
HELENA – Sixty-two new officers who will serve in 39 agencies across the state graduated today from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) within the Montana Department of Justice. MLEA provides basic and advanced training for state, county, city, and [...]