Overview

• Several thousand people attended Tuesday night’s tour stop at MSU’s Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, where Gov. Greg Gianforte and Vivek Ramaswamy delivered remarks.
• MSU expanded its law enforcement footprint well beyond a 12-officer baseline, bringing in personnel from across the state, including from Ravalli County.
• The event was held indoors under strict access controls, with a no-bag policy, walk-through metal detectors and additional screening as needed.
• Campus police coordinated with the FBI and the Montana Analysis & Technical Information Center to track social media and other intelligence leads.
• Officials consulted the University of Minnesota, Virginia Tech and Utah State for operational lessons and set a designated area for counter-protesters.