Funding For Public Safety
Policy at both the state and federal levels of government plays out at the LOCAL level. Good or bad, the impacts of government policy is experienced in our communities. Many of the public safety issues that have hit Billings so hard are the result of a wide range of government policy and decision-making that created a perfect storm for the rise in crime. Funding for public safety at the local level is only one of the tools necessary to combat crime, changes in policy and ways of doing business at the state and federal levels of government are also necessary.
Tomorrow night's forum is an opportunity to learn the state's role in the rise in crime in Billings and how the various levels of government are now working together to address necessary changes to effectively combat crime in Billings