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Attorney General asks Legislature for $10 million indoor range at Montana Law Enforcement Academy
Summary
Attorney General Austin Knudson told the joint subcommittees D and F that the Montana Law Enforcement Academy needs an on-site, indoor firing range and requested a $10 million appropriation in House Bill 5; agency and contractor witnesses described the project's scope and ancillary maintenance requests for Department of Justice facilities.
Attorney General Austin Knudson told the joint subcommittees D and F that the Department of Justice is requesting a $10 million appropriation in House Bill 5 to build an indoor firing range at the Montana Law Enforcement Academy in Helena. Knudson said the academy trains “every single law enforcement officer in the state of Montana” and is currently forced to rent a small outdoor range from the city of Helena, which creates scheduling and weather-related problems for firearms training.
Knudson told the committee, “we are in desperate, desperate need of a firearms training facility.” Joel Wenland, executive director of the Montana Law Enforcement Academy, said the state “does not own and operate their own range” and urged the committee to fund on-site capacity so the academy can teach basic and advanced…
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