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 is urging the Gallatin County Commission to ignore a flawed opinion provided by the county attorney and partner with the Trump Administration’s Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) to detain dangerous criminals in the United [...]

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 [...]

BILLINGS – The Montana Department of Justice (MTDOJ) and Billings Police Department (BPD) are warning citizens of an increased presence of the synthetic opioid carfentanil in Billings. The Eastern Montana High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area recently seized a large amount [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a 26-state coalition today asking the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to intervene and halt Hawaii’s unconstitutional gun ban which prohibits the carry or possession of firearms in designated “sensitive” [...]

HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement in recognition of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day: “I have had a front row seat to the devastation inflicted on Montana’s tribal communities by the missing and murdered [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen today led a coalition of 17 states in support of employees’ civil rights in the face of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training that encourages racial discrimination against races singled out for negativity. [...]

HELENA – Seventy-five new officers who will serve in 40 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 [...]

HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 21 states in supporting President Donald J. Trump’s reduction in force (RIF) at the Department of Education, which will ultimately return more authority to state education departments. The amicus [...]

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 [...]