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State offers $2M ‘surge’ of ARPA funds to help stem rising crime rate in Billings

Billings Montana

Montana’s Department of Justice has offered to place $2 million in ARPA funding in Billings to support a “law enforcement surge” as the city deals with a growing crime rate.

The funding isn’t a grant, and the state has required Billings and Yellowstone County to offer $1 million each in order to trigger the state to spend its $2 million. The combined $4 million will be spent in each entities’ jurisdictions, all of it focused on battling crime in Billings.

“Each of us staying in our lanes,” said city administrator Chris Kukulski.

 

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