The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) will receive a large federal grant to combat meth trafficking. Today the U.S. Department of Justice announced that its Office of Community Oriented Policing awarded the MHP a $946,981 grant for anti-meth activities. Montana was one of only nine states...
The Montana Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Public Instruction (OPI) are working together to give Montana students the opportunity to participate in state and national poster contests which focus on the theme of “Bringing Our Missing Children Home.” “This contest is a good...
Montana Attorney Tim Fox joins with state charities regulators across the country, the National Association of State Charities Officials (NASCO) and the Federal Trade Commission to announce the first annual International Charity Fraud Awareness Week (ICFAW) October 22 -26, 2018. ICFAW is a coordinated international...
The Montana Department of Justice (DOJ), in partnership with the Helena YWCA, will host an informational event designed to teach attendees the best ways to recognize, respond, and report suspected occurrences of human trafficking. The public is invited to attend the free event on October 16...
Attorney General Tim Fox and a bipartisan coalition of 34 attorneys general are asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow telephone service providers to block more illegal spoofed calls or robocalls being made to unsuspecting consumers in Montana and across the country. The formal comment...
Attorney General Tim Fox today joined with 16 other states in opposing New York City’s restrictions handguns kept for self-defense. New York City requires a costly and restrictive “premises permit” to own a personal handgun for self-defense. The permit prohibits taking the weapon outside the home...
Attorney General Tim Fox has appointed Carole Depoe Lankford to the state's Gaming Advisory Council. Carole's appointment was effective September 27 and her term expires on September 27, 2021. "Carole will bring an important perspective to the Gaming Advisory Council and I am delighted to have...
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow his office to prosecute a suspect linked by DNA evidence to the 1987 rape of an eight-year-old child in Billings. In July, the Montana Supreme Court ruled that, despite newly discovered DNA evidence,...
Two recent data breaches, one at a Bozeman-based company and another at Facebook, highlight the importance of knowing how to minimize the risk of cyber threats and how to respond if your personal data may have been compromised. On Friday, Facebook notified the Montana Department of...
In observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Montana Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) is host to the Montana Silent Witness exhibit October 1 – 5. The public is invited to MLEA, located at 2260 Sierra Road East in Helena, to see the exhibit. The Silent Witness...