BOULDER - Montana Highway Patrol troopers conducted an interdiction operation in Butte from October 7-14 to combat crime and remove illicit drugs from the community. During the operation, troopers worked alongside United States Border Patrol and Air National Guard [...]

HELENA – The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) commissioned 11 new troopers at the 82nd Montana Highway Patrol Advanced Academy graduation ceremony today. Attorney General Knudsen and MHP Colonel Kurt Sager addressed the new troopers prior to their swearing-in and [...]

BOULDER, Mont. — The Montana Highway Patrol command staff recently completed their annual district tour, which includes visits to all seven MHP districts across the state. The meetings are a chance for command staff to connect face-to-face with captains, sergeants, [...]

HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement on National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, warning Montanans of the dangers of illicit fentanyl: “So far this year, fentanyl seizures in Montana are down and that’s great news. We [...]

ANACONDA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen received a briefing and updated the public today in Anaconda regarding the Friday shooting and ongoing search for the suspect. On Friday around 10:30 a.m., 45-year-old Michael Brown walked into The Owl Bar [...]

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 – Attorney General Austin Knudsen and the Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) are encouraging drivers to stay safe on the road as Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer and the beginning of the “100 Deadliest Days of [...]

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 [...]

HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen and Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) Colonel Kurt Sager visited the MHP Communications Center today to recognize dispatchers during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, which is April 13-19. The dispatchers at MHP’s Communications Center are [...]

BIG TIMBER – Two Montana Highway Patrol troopers were involved in an officer involved critical incident Thursday afternoon outside of Big Timber. The situation occurred after troopers were alerted that a suspect from Nebraska, with a no-bond warrant for his [...]