Butte Police

Officers with the Butte-Silver Bow Police Department are investigating an incident that took place shortly after noon on Monday at a local credit union on Elizabeth Warren Avenue and as of press time are asking for the public's help in locating a suspect, who is described as a white male with dark, curly hair and a beard, possibly wearing a green shirt. The agency also is looking for a possible escape vehicle.

Yesterday we told you about the dilemma that Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials and the Butte Police were having with the young trio of bears that were seen rummaging through garbage cans on Butte's Westside yesterday. Today we can report that the problem has been solved. And the way it was solved has many in Southwest Montana up in arms.

Pitting local firefighters against local police officers for a charitable cause, while noble, is really nothing new. Especially here in the Mining City where this type of thing has been happening for decades, albeit in different forms and with varying results. Remember the old "Pig Bowl" from the early 2000s? Someone had the great idea of putting the police against the firefighters, with a handful of CCCS staffers thrown in for good measure, in a full-contact tackle football game. The results were, well, exactly what you'd expect from a group of some of the most competitive people on the planet. It got physical is an understatement. Hell, less violent games were probably being played simultaneously in the yard at MSP in Deer Lodge by people they arrested. Well, another police vs. firefighters event is coming up and this time they are literally out for blood.

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