Local DUI task force reviews recent arrests, notes breath-test refusals

Feb 12, 2026

The Anaconda Deer Lodge County DUI Task Force heard that the county recorded four DUI arrests since the last meeting, all suspects refused breath testing; Montana Highway Patrol reported three additional DUIs. Members accepted the report and requested a date-organized graph for 2025.

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At the Feb. 12 meeting, Morgan Smith presented the task force’s MIP/DUI report showing four DUI arrests in Anaconda-Deer Lodge County since the previous task force meeting; the minutes state that all four suspects refused breath testing.

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