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Bozeman police outline scope and strains of Special Victims Unit in public presentation

Bozeman City Commission · February 24, 2026
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Detective Captain Anthony Hutchings told the City Commission the Special Victims Unit handles the majority of domestic and sexual violence cases requiring specialized investigation, described staffing and interagency partnerships, and promoted community outreach including an assault‑awareness event April 15.

Detective Captain Anthony Hutchings of the Bozeman Police Department briefed the City Commission on the department’s Special Victims Unit (SVU), describing the unit’s staffing, caseload and partnerships and urging increased community awareness and reporting.

Hutchings said the SVU — formed in 2017 with personnel from Bozeman Police and Montana State University Police, plus an Internet Crimes Against Children investigator — focuses on domestic and sexual violence, child physical and sexual abuse, stalking, strangulation and…

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