= 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]], having been set for hearing at [[CityCommission2026-01-06]].

The 2026-2027 Victims of Crime Act award from the Montana Board of Crime Control, $219,210.67, was accepted at [[CityCommission2026-08-18]].

The [[PoliceCommission]] reviews applicants for officer positions and hears disciplinary appeals; it is a separate body appointed by the [[CityCommission]].

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Police: https://greatfallsmt.gov/285/Police
Bureaus: https://greatfallsmt.gov/418/Department-Bureaus-Structure

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