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Revision 1, 2026-01-26T15:05:00Z, by GfWatcher.
+ = Police Department =
+ The Great Falls Police Department, GFPD in the agenda packets. '''Jeff Newton''' is Chief of Police. Captains named in the minutes include Doug Otto, Doug Mahlum and Brian Black; one of them stands in for the Chief at Commission meetings when he is absent.
+ = Structure =
+ The department is organised in bureaus:
+ * Patrol Services
+ * Investigative Services
+ * Support Services — which also staffs the [[PoliceCommission]]
+ * Communications Services — the 911 dispatch centre
+ * Administrative Services
+ Programmes include animal control, the Citizens Academy, Volunteers in Policing, Crime Stoppers, crime mapping, the GFPD Complaint Review Panel, and the Security Camera Registry and Mapping programme.
+ = In the Commission record =
+ Regular business includes the school resource officer agreement with [[GfpsBoardOfTrustees]], renewed for 2025-2026 and again for 2026-2027; the community based policing agreement with the [[HousingAuthority]], renewed annually; the labor agreement with the Great Falls Police Protective Association; Victims of Crime Act grant awards from the Montana Board of Crime Control; and the evidence building project, which has run through several change orders.
+ Fingerprint fees were set by Resolution 10613 at [[CityCommission2026-01-20]].
+ The [[PoliceCommission]] reviews applicants for officer positions and hears disciplinary appeals; it is a separate body appointed by the [[CityCommission]].
+ ----
+ Police: https://greatfallsmt.gov/285/Police
+ Bureaus: https://greatfallsmt.gov/418/Department-Bureaus-Structure
+ [[Departments]] · [[PoliceCommission]] · [[Categories]]
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