How Billings Police determine crime severity

How Billings Police determine crime severity

With the recent string of violent crimes recently in Billings and Yellowstone County, it's important to clarify how and why law enforcement determines appropriate action. There are a very clear set of laws police use to determine how any crime should be investigated and prosecuted if an arrest is necessary. The state codes are known as the MCA codes and they are definitive in how law enforcement determines what is punishable by law and what acti…