Montana

Montana's 56 counties are predominantly rural; all operate under elected county sheriffs. There is no state enabling law for civilian sheriff oversight, no identified county-level oversight body, and no political tradition of such bodies. The state's constitutional-sheriff movement is active in several counties.

Sheriff oversight

0/56 counties with a dedicated body 0 reports from those bodies

Other oversight

0 Civil Grand Jury reports 4 statewide oversight reports

Compare costs Compare Montana sheriff departments side by side Population, budget, $ per resident, staffing, and jail capacity across all 56 counties.

Counties

0 of 56 counties have a dedicated civilian sheriff oversight body. Highlighted rows have an established body. See methodology for scoring.

#	County	Status (date)	Started (date)	LE capability	Independence

No record found · 56 counties

Beaverhead
Big Horn
Blaine
Broadwater
Carbon
Carter
Cascade
Chouteau
Custer
Daniels
Dawson
Deer Lodge
Fallon
Fergus
Flathead
Gallatin
Garfield
Glacier
Golden Valley
Granite
Hill
Jefferson
Judith Basin
Lake
Lewis and Clark
Liberty
Lincoln
Madison
McCone
Meagher
Mineral
Missoula
Musselshell
Park
Petroleum
Phillips
Pondera
Powder River
Powell
Prairie
Ravalli
Richland
Roosevelt
Rosebud
Sanders
Sheridan
Silver Bow
Stillwater
Sweet Grass
Teton
Toole
Treasure
Valley
Wheatland
Wibaux
Yellowstone