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Recent Activity Reports

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Police Helena Police Department

Daily Activity Report - Helena Police Department

The Helena Police Department responded to the following incidents: 10:48 PM – Suspicious Activity at Helena, MT (Cat: public_order) 10:59 AM – Theft at 2700 block of Prospect (Cat: property) 11:06 PM – Police Incident at Helena, MT (Cat: other) 11:16 PM – Assault at 1800 block of Capital St. (Cat: violent) 1:15 AM – Warrant Arrest at 1600 block of Prospect (Cat: other) 4:37 PM – Theft at 2700 block of Prospect (Cat: property) 6:04 PM – Assault at Helena, MT (Cat: violent) 7:56 AM – Warrant Arrest at 500 block of Logan St. (Cat: other) 9:53 PM – Theft at 600 block of Montana Ave. (Cat: property) // Historical Perspective: Montana's alcohol enforcement history is unusual: the state stepped back from Prohibition enforcement in 1926, and impaired driving was often treated as a 'folk crime' until stricter 1983 reforms reshaped DUI law.

05/23/26 Lewis and Clark County
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Police Helena Police Department

Daily Activity Report - Helena Police Department

The Helena Police Department responded to the following incidents: 11:38 AM – Disturbance at 300 block of Dorothy St. (Cat: public_order) 1:24 PM – Suspicious Activity at 900 block of Peost (Cat: public_order) 2:34 PM – Suspicious Activity at 2700 block of Prospect (Cat: public_order) 2:35 PM – Theft at Helena, MT (Cat: property) 9:52 AM – Vehicle at Helena, MT (Cat: other) // Historical Perspective: Public-order enforcement in Montana developed partly in reaction to the 1863-1864 Vigilante era, and the arrival of Territorial judges such as Hezekiah Hosmer helped move those disputes from vigilante action into formal courts.

05/22/26 Lewis and Clark County
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Police Helena Police Department

Daily Activity Report - Helena Police Department

The Helena Police Department responded to the following incidents: 10:37 PM – Assault at 300 block of Neill Ave. (Cat: violent) 11:01 AM – Warrant Arrest at Helena, MT (Cat: other) 11:10 AM – Theft at 2700 block of Prospect (Cat: property) 11:47 AM – Trespassing at 2700 block of Prospect (Cat: property) 12:00 PM – Warrant Arrest at Helena, MT (Cat: other) 12:12 AM – Police Incident at Helena, MT (Cat: other) 1:32 PM – Warrant Arrest at 300 block of Power St. (Cat: other) 6:32 PM – Assault at 1600 block of Waln (Cat: violent) 7:02 PM – Police Incident at Helena, MT (Cat: other) 7:37 AM – Theft at Helena, MT (Cat: property) 8:50 AM – Theft at 300 block of Park Ave. (A theft was reported near the 300 block of Park Ave. — Cat: property) 9:44 PM – Warrant Arrest at Helena, MT (Cat: other) // Historical Perspective: Montana's alcohol enforcement history is unusual: the state stepped back from Prohibition enforcement in 1926, and impaired driving was often treated as a 'folk crime' until stricter 1983 reforms reshaped DUI law.

05/21/26 Lewis and Clark County
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Police Helena Police Department

Daily Activity Report - Helena Police Department

The Helena Police Department responded to the following incidents: 10:01 PM – Disturbance at 1100 block of Cannon St. (Cat: public_order) 10:44 AM – Warrant Arrest at Helena, MT (Cat: other) 11:27 PM – Protection Order at Helena, MT (Cat: other) 1:34 PM – Domestic Disturbance at Helena, MT (Cat: domestic) 6:08 PM – Theft at 1600 block of Benton Ave. (Cat: property) 6:49 AM – Warrant Arrest at Helena, MT (Cat: other) 8:23 PM – Suspicious Activity at Helena, MT (Cat: public_order) 9:16 AM – Police Incident at 1100 block of Euclid Ave. (Cat: other) // Historical Perspective: Fraud and public-integrity cases in Montana are often read against the Copper Kings era, when mining money distorted state politics and helped produce the 1912 Corrupt Practices Act.

05/13/26 Lewis and Clark County
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Police Helena Police Department

Daily Activity Report - Helena Police Department

The Helena Police Department responded to the following incidents: 10:03 AM – Theft at 1400 block of Broadwater Circle. (Cat: property) 10:14 AM – Theft at 3200 block of Dredge Dr. (Cat: property) 10:46 PM – Warrant Arrest at Helena, MT (Cat: other) 10:59 AM – Police Incident at Helena, MT (Cat: other) 12:02 AM – Police Incident at Helena, MT (Cat: other) 3:09 PM – Warrant Arrest at Helena, MT (Cat: other) 3:34 PM – Fraud at 400 block of Spencer St. (Cat: property) 9:44 AM – Theft at 2500 block of South Ridge Dr. (A theft was reported near the 2500 block of South Ridge Dr. — Cat: property) // Historical Perspective: Fraud and public-integrity cases in Montana are often read against the Copper Kings era, when mining money distorted state politics and helped produce the 1912 Corrupt Practices Act.

05/13/26 Lewis and Clark County
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Police Helena Police Department

Daily Activity Report - Helena Police Department

The Helena Police Department responded to the following incidents: 10:13 AM – Domestic Disturbance at 900 block of Kalispell Ave. (Cat: domestic) 11:06 AM – Vehicle at Helena, MT (Cat: other) 1:26 PM – Vehicle at 3400 block of Skyway (Cat: other) 4:32 PM – Theft at 900 block of Sonoma Dr. (Cat: property) 5:48 AM – Theft at 1800 block of 11th Ave. (Cat: property) 6:31 PM – Theft at Helena, MT (Cat: property) 8:06 AM – Disturbance at 1400 block of Missoula Ave. (Cat: public_order) 9:49 AM – Theft at Helena, MT (Cat: property) // Historical Perspective: Montana's alcohol enforcement history is unusual: the state stepped back from Prohibition enforcement in 1926, and impaired driving was often treated as a 'folk crime' until stricter 1983 reforms reshaped DUI law.

05/11/26 Lewis and Clark County
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Police Helena Police Department

Daily Activity Report - Helena Police Department

The Helena Police Department responded to the following incidents: 12:00 PM – Theft at Helena, MT (Cat: property) 2:00 PM – Disturbance at Helena, MT (Cat: public_order) 4:36 AM – Police Incident at 1400 block of Euclid Ave. (Cat: other) 5:09 PM – Disturbance at 300 block of Dorothy St. (Cat: public_order) // Historical Perspective: Public-order enforcement in Montana developed partly in reaction to the 1863-1864 Vigilante era, and the arrival of Territorial judges such as Hezekiah Hosmer helped move those disputes from vigilante action into formal courts.

05/10/26 Lewis and Clark County
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Police Helena Police Department

Daily Activity Report - Helena Police Department

The Helena Police Department responded to the following incidents: 10:05 PM – Suspicious Activity at 100 block of Lamborn St. (Cat: public_order) 11:04 PM – Disturbance at 1700 block of Cannon St. (Cat: public_order) 11:47 PM – Disturbance at 1900 block of Cleveland St. (Cat: public_order) 11:49 AM – Warrant Arrest at Helena, MT (Cat: other) 12:36 PM – Theft at 2700 block of Prospect (Cat: property) 8:08 PM – Trespassing at Helena, MT (Cat: property) // Historical Perspective: This property-access report echoes Montana's long shift from the 1864 Territorial open-range assumptions to the later land-use rules that hardened trespass and access boundaries.

05/09/26 Lewis and Clark County
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Police Helena Police Department

Daily Activity Report - Helena Police Department

The Helena Police Department responded to the following incidents: 10:04 PM – Police Incident at Helena, MT (Cat: other) 10:19 AM – Theft at Helena, MT (A theft was reported near the 700 block of E. 6th Ave. — Cat: property) 12:13 AM – Welfare Check at Helena, MT (Cat: welfare) 2:21 PM – Police Incident at Helena, MT (Cat: other) 4:12 PM – Theft at 2700 block of Prospect (Cat: property) 4:21 PM – Theft at 2700 block of Prospect (Cat: property) 4:48 PM – Warrant Arrest at Helena, MT (Cat: other) 5:13 PM – Theft at 2700 block of Prospect (Cat: property) 6:57 PM – Assault at 1500 block of Townsend Ave. (Cat: violent) 8:59 PM – Disturbance at Helena, MT (Cat: public_order) 9:04 PM – Vehicle at 400 block of Fuller Ave. (Cat: other) // Historical Perspective: Fraud and public-integrity cases in Montana are often read against the Copper Kings era, when mining money distorted state politics and helped produce the 1912 Corrupt Practices Act.

05/08/26 Lewis and Clark County
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Police Helena Police Department

Daily Activity Report - Helena Police Department

The Helena Police Department responded to the following incidents: 4:16 PM – Police Incident at 700 block of Fee St 7:09 PM – Theft at 2700 block of Prospect 7:41 AM – Theft at 100 block of Fairway 8:47 AM – Police Incident at Helena, MT // Historical Perspective: Montana theft anxieties moved from livestock to motor vehicles in the twentieth century, including early headline cases such as Missoula's 1936 police-car theft.

04/09/26 Lewis and Clark County
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About the Helena Police Department

The Helena Police Department serves Montana's state capital, a city of approximately 33,000 people in Lewis and Clark County. As the seat of state government, Helena is home to the Montana Legislature, the Governor's office, the Montana Supreme Court, and numerous state agencies. Montana Blotter currently receives daily activity reports directly from the Helena Police Department, making it one of our most consistently covered agencies. The HPD's media log is published each weekday and includes all calls for service, arrests, and notable incidents. The Helena Municipal Court publishes active arrest warrants and current defendants in custody online.

Helena is one of the best city pages on the site for practical search intent because police activity, active warrants, and county detention all connect cleanly here.

That makes this page useful both for readers following Helena daily activity and for users who arrive with a narrower warrant or arrest lookup need tied to the capital region.

High-intent searches this page serves

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Helena Records Snapshot

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06/17/26

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Helena Police reports with capital-region warrant links

Montana Blotter pairs Helena report coverage with Helena Municipal Court warrant access and Lewis and Clark detention links so users can move from media-log searches into official follow-up records.

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These evergreen guides capture broader search intent around Helena, then route readers into Lewis and Clark County records, warrants, arrests, and detention tools.

Blotter guide

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Warrant guide

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Detention lookup help that pairs with the Lewis and Clark County jail roster path.

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Compare how Lewis and Clark County stacks up against the rest of Montana in year-level coverage and pattern pages.

Most Common Incident Types In Helena

Theft 12
Police Incident 11
Warrant Arrest 10
OTHER 6
Disturbance 4
Trespassing 4
Vehicle 3
WARRANT 3

What Is the Helena Police Blotter?

A police blotter is the official daily log of calls for service, arrests, and incidents handled by a law enforcement agency. The Helena Police Department publishes a daily activity report — sometimes called a media log or call log — that records every significant incident officers responded to in Helena.

Montana Blotter receives these reports directly from participating agencies and uses AI to summarize them into plain-English entries that are easy to read and search. All records are public information under Montana's public records laws.

How to Access Helena Police Records

  1. 1 Montana Blotter (this site) — Free daily activity reports from Helena law enforcement, AI-summarized and searchable. No account required.
  2. 2 Lewis and Clark County Jail Roster — The Lewis and Clark County Detention Center lists all current inmates, typically updated within hours of booking.
  3. 3 Montana DOJ Criminal History Search — CHOPRS allows name-based felony and misdemeanor searches statewide for a $20 fee.
  4. 4 Montana Courts Portal — Montana's public court access portal provides case-level criminal records from district and limited jurisdiction courts.

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Recent Incident Records In Helena

These source-linked incidents give readers a direct path from city-level intent into fresh records and recent reports.

Agencies Showing Up In Helena Coverage

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Active Warrants in Helena

The Helena warrant list is publicly available online. You can also search the Helena Municipal Court for defendants in custody and active bench warrants. For county-level warrants, use the Montana Judicial Branch Public Access Portal and select "Warrants" from the defendant search menu.