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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today that a new Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) Trooper recruitment cycle is underway. MHP is accepting applications now through March 24 for at least ten new Troopers to begin training in August 2021. MHP is [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]