Guest Opinion: Dear MDT and "Headwaters Rest Area"

We read in your press release dated 17 August 2021 that “MDT is committed to being a good neighbor and is excited to provide our law enforcement partners with an office space to better serve the surrounding populations,”. You propose a law enforcement space for a community that lacks the law enforcement to occupy that space.

We in southern Broadwater County and the Three Forks Area do not want you as our neighbor. Your reputation precedes you.

You are a crime magnet. In your current location, law enforcement was needed on 132 occasions in 2020 alone. From January 1st to July 23 2021, law enfor...