Helena Police Protective Association

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Vote Yes for Public Safety - Helena Vote Yes for Public Safety supports adequately staffing the Helena Fire and Police Department so that they can provide the Essential Services Helena Needs!

We so appreciate Sean Logan - Helena City Commissioner for bringing the issue of police department staffing to the forefront. The Helena Police Protective Association saw this issue coming some time ago and despite our efforts to bring attention to it, it has gone largely unaddressed. For some time now, there has been very little emphasis put on recruiting new officers, retaining existing officers, and increasing our local police force proportionally to Helena's population growth. The result has been an increasing work load for existing HPD officers--many of whom have chosen to go to work for other law enforcement agencies or leave law enforcement all-together. And when filling these vacancies, it takes over a year for a new officer to make it through the hiring and training process and be able to work by themselves on patrol. So, you can see the issue: when officers leave, there is no 'quick fix' to replacing them.
And without decisive action to hire enough officers to keep up with local call demands and account for turnover, the staffing situation at HPD will continue to degrade, and officer retention rates will continue to fall. There are frequently as few as three officers on patrol to serve the entirety of the City of Helena...which is concerning from both the standpoint of promoting community safety and the safety of our officers. If you haven't already, give this radio show clip a listen. We would encourage you to reach out to your City Commissioners and ask them to act to rectify this situation.

Sean Logan Nov 19 MT Spotlight Listen to Sean Logan Nov 19 MT Spotlight by [email protected] on

Just a reminder that the Helena City Commission has a Zoom hearing this afternoon from 4:00-7:00 pm to discuss removing approximately $300,000 from the Helena Police Department budget, which would remove the School Resource Officers from local schools. The Zoom link and agenda are provided below. Please log on and voice your support for HPD and oppose the proposed budget cuts. To speak, you have to download Zoom, log into the meeting, and click the 'raise hand' button on the Zoom to speak. You will then be unmuted and allowed to speak when it is your turn. The agenda is linked here: https://helena.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/MeetingView.aspx?MeetingID=351&MinutesMeetingID=-1&doctype=Agenda

If you are unable to attend, please email your comments to [email protected]

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