HELENA – Three Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) troopers received the Patrol’s highest award - the Award of Valor - in a ceremony today at the Attorney General’s Office. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and MHP Colonel Steven Lavin presented the awards to Trooper Alex Hiday,...
The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) commissioned 15 new troopers today at the 70th Advanced Academy Graduation ceremony at Helena’s Civic Center. MHP Colonel Steve Lavin and Attorney General Austin Knudsen addressed the graduates at the event before their badges were pinned and they were sworn...
LOCATION: Beaverhead Drive and Eagle Lane On Tuesday, March 2 at 10:05 pm, a Montana Highway Patrol Trooper attempted to conduct a traffic stop in Lake County. The suspect fled the traffic stop and the MHP Trooper attempted to stop the vehicle with a pursuit intervention...
At 1900 hours on Monday, January 25th, 2021, Montana Highway Patrol made a traffic stop in the area of Highway 35 and Turtle Mtn. Road. Upon contact, The Highway Patrol Trooper identified the driver had a weapon. During the incident the driver discharged a firearm...
On the afternoon of January 26th, 2021 two MHP Troopers responded to assist Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office in pursuit of a male driver suspected of recent involvement in an attempted abduction. Initially Yellowstone County attempted to spike the vehicle’s tires, but the driver eluded the...
It is with much sadness that we share that Sgt. Alex Betz passed away on January 16th, 2021. Alex was diagnosed with spindle cell sarcoma in late 2019. Every day until his passing he rose up to look his cancer squarely in the eye and...
On January 14th, 2021 Trooper Connor Wager responded to a rollover crash south of Emigrant on River Road. After arriving on scene, he found a vehicle on its roof with the front end completely submerged in the Yellowstone River. The driver was trapped inside the vehicle and...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On December 31st, 2020 Trooper Matthew Hudgins initiated a traffic stop for a suspended driver's license. The driver provided a fictitious identity, but Trooper Hudgins and dispatchers Emily Verbanac and Kim Much were able to establish his true identity and link him to a $100,000...
On behalf of Attorney General-elect Austin Knudsen, we are pleased to share the news that Major Steve Lavin has been selected to lead our agency into 2021 as our new colonel. Major Lavin’s extensive 28-year career in law enforcement as both a front-line worker and manager,...
On Saturday, December 12th, an MHP Sergeant was struck in his vehicle by a semi while investigating a crash on I-94 between Huntley and Lockwood. The sergeant was parked on the righthand shoulder of the road with his emergency lights activated when the semi lost...