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Bill would let municipalities use full‑time special services officers as court security
Summary
House Bill 581 would allow full‑time, paid special services (unsworn) officers to serve as courthouse security in municipal courts. Police chiefs said the change would free sworn officers for patrol while providing trained, armed courtroom security in smaller jurisdictions.
House Bill 581 would expand the definition of special services officers to include full‑time, paid unsworn members of law‑enforcement agencies and allow chiefs to appoint them as municipal court officers tasked with courtroom security.
Representative Denise Baum, sponsor of HB 581, said the Montana Association of Chiefs of Police requested the change because many…
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