Billings Police Department
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (April 2007) |
The Billings Police Department is a police department in Billings, Montana, the main law enforcement service in Billings, Montana. It is the largest city police force in Montana with about 142 sworn officers/80 civilian employees covering 41 square miles (110 km2) and a population of about 109,595. The city is divided into nine beats and patrolled by 75 officers.
About
History
Before the Billings Police Department was established, most of the law enforcing was done by the sheriffs office or by vigilantes. The Billings Police Department was established in 1902 with about 10 Police officers on duty. Most of their jobs were shutting down red light districts and patrolling the streets. As the city grew, so did their responsibilities.
In 2001, the Billings Police Department settled a Racial profiling case for $50,000 with the ACLU.[1]
Some 28 current and former Billing Police officers filed a lawsuit in January 2009 claiming that the city miscalculated their pay, possibly dating as far back as 1994.[2]
In October 2012, members of a city/county SWAT deployed a flash grenade in a home they were raiding. The device went off and burned a twelve-year-old girl. Although the team was looking for a drug-manufacturing lab, they found nothing and made no arrests. The child was treated at a local hospital.[3]
In April 2018, three Billings police officers were disciplined for having sex on city property.[4]
Chiefs
- Ronald (Ron) Tussing - 1997 to 2005
- Richard (Rich) St. John - 2005 to present
In the Line of Duty
- Sergeant Robert T Hannah (EOW - July 2, 1904)
- Policeman Enos Nelson (EOW - December 17, 1917)
- Patrolman Arthur D. Pettit (EOW - December 23, 1935)
- Detective Alexander F. Mavity (EOW - February 14, 1989)
See also
References
- ^ ACLU of Montana Hails $50,000 Settlement in First Racial Profiling Case Brought Under State Human Rights Law | American Civil Liberties Union
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Grenade burns sleeping girl as SWAT team raids home, Billings Gazette, 12 October 2012
- ^ "3 Billings cops disciplined for having sex on city property | Last Best News". Archived from the original on 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
External links
Coordinates: 45°47′02″N 108°30′21″W / 45.783757°N 108.505902°W
