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Category: Public Safety

  • August 24, 2021 - Gov. Little, Attorney General Wasden announce intent to join national opioid settlements

    Settlements total $26 billion, including up to $119 million for Idaho (Boise, Idaho) – Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and Governor Brad Little have announced their intention to have Idaho join two national opioid settlements, totaling up to $26 billion. One settlement involves opioid distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson. The other involves opioid manufacturer Johnson […]

  • July 14, 2021 - U.S.-Mexico border driving Idaho’s growing drug threat

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little today hosted a roundtable with law enforcement leaders at Idaho State Police (ISP) headquarters in Boise to discuss Idaho’s growing drug threat and the connection to the United States-Mexico border.   “The sustained availability of drugs and the impact from crime related to drug abuse – including property and […]

  • July 14, 2021 - New Plan Sets Idaho’s Steps to Improve Behavioral Health Care

    (Boise, Idaho) – Changes are coming to Idaho’s behavioral health system with the release of a long-awaited strategic plan.   Members of the Idaho Behavioral Health Council in recent days presented the council’s first strategic plan to Gov. Brad Little, Idaho House and Senate leadership and the Idaho Supreme Court. The plan covers state actions […]

  • July 14, 2021 - State police start receiving $1,000 “Defend the Police” bonuses

    Boise, Idaho – Hundreds of frontline Idaho State Police personnel received their $1,000 “Defend the Police” bonuses last Friday.   Governor Brad Little announced in May that he would show our law enforcement that Idaho “backs the blue” by providing the $1,000 hazard pay bonuses to more than 320 commissioned officers and regional communications center […]

  • July 1, 2021 - Gov. Little details his plan to help secure U.S.-Mexico border and protect Idahoans

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little announced today the details of his plan to send Idaho State Police (ISP) troopers to Arizona to help secure the United States-Mexico border and curb the flow of illegal drugs into Idaho due to failed Biden-Harris immigration policies. “The crisis at the Unites States-Mexico border and the alarming bump […]

  • June 17, 2021 - Idaho answers call to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little announced today the State of Idaho will support Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Arizona Governor Doug Ducey in their efforts to secure the United States-Mexico border and protect the American people because the Biden-Harris Administration continuously fails to do so. Governors Abbott and Ducey sent a letter to the […]

  • May 12, 2021 - Gov. Little, 19 other Governors call on Biden, Harris to act on border crisis

    Boise, Idaho – In a letter to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris Tuesday, Governor Brad Little and 19 other Governors urged immediate action to secure the United States-Mexico border. “The border is neither closed nor secure,” the Governors stated. “The crisis is too big to ignore and is now spilling over the […]

  • March 15, 2021 - “Building Idaho’s Future”: Gov. Little signs bill investing in law enforcement

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little signed House Bill 205 into law today, the first of his “Building Idaho’s Future” bills that make strategic investments in critical state priorities. House Bill 205 focused on the needs of law enforcement. “While other places seek to defund the police, I am proud to say that Idaho DEFENDS […]

  • October 5, 2020 - Majority of Idaho property taxpayers will benefit from Gov. Little’s Public Safety Initiative

    Boise, Idaho – Forty-two cities and counties will participate in Governor Brad Little’s $125 million plan that uses federal coronavirus relief funds to cover local public safety personnel salaries and gives cities and counties the opportunity to pass on the savings to property taxpayers. Last week was the deadline for cities and counties to formally […]