Department of Justice Press Releases
BILLINGS – Representatives from the Montana Department of Justice, Uprising, FYN Global, and the Wyoming Attorney General’s Office kicked off the 2026 Greater Rockies Immersive Training (GRIT) Conference in Billings today to help tackle rural challenges and discuss solutions to [...]
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 12-18. The dispatchers at MHP’s Communications Center are [...]
HELENA – Submissions are open for the 2026 Montana Law Enforcement Appreciation Poster Contest, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. Elementary school students throughout Montana are encouraged to participate in the fifth annual poster contest by submitting artwork which displays [...]
HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously affirmed a Montana Supreme Court decision today that law enforcement may enter a home without a search warrant if there is reason to [...]
HELENA – Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today the appointment of Anne Dormady to the position of Montana Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) administrator. Prior to her appointment, Dormady served as the bureau chief for the Division of Criminal Investigation’s Crime Information [...]
BOULDER- Montana Highway Patrol troopers conducted an interdiction operation in St. Regis from December 7-11 to combat crime and remove illicit drugs from the community. During the operation, MHP's Criminal Interdiction Team (CIT) and Strategic Enforcement Traffic Team (SETT) worked [...]
HELENA – Sixty-four new officers who will serve in 41 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 – Attorney General Austin Knudsen awarded Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) Trooper Jourdon Gulick the Award of Valor, the agency’s highest award, for his acts of bravery during a fiery vehicle rollover in 2024. Trooper Nick Wade also received the [...]
BILLINGS – The Montana Department of Justice (MTDOJ) and Billings Police Department (BPD) are warning citizens of the increased presence of the synthetic opioid carfentanil in Yellowstone County. The Eastern Montana High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force recently seized [...]
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 [...]