The popularity of Paramount Network’s Yellowstone has brought some trouble to Bozeman, Montana, according to police chief Jim Velkamp . According to Velkamp, the town has struggled to keep up with the influx of tourists pouring in due to the popularity of Yellowstone . “Everyone seems to have this view [that] Bozeman is changing more rapidly than they’d like,” Velkamp told The Daily Mail on Friday, August 9, claiming that the city has struggled to keep up with the influx of tourists and new residents alike.
“I think overall for us, specifically with the city of Bozeman, it’s just the growth and the challenges related to growth, that is our biggest challenge,” he said on Friday. “Our city has grown so fast. Bozeman wasn’t literally on the map; now it’s a well-known place.
” Velkmap also attributes Bozeman’s population boom to the rise of remote work since COVID-19, but he noted that crime rates are “going up fast” as the population increases. However, he said that longtime residents are, for the most part, complaining about there being more drivers on the road. “They can’t see the increased human trafficking going on in town,” he told the Daily Mail .
“A lot of them don’t see the increased fentanyl available in town. But they do see people running red lights, so that becomes their biggest issue.” You have successfully subscribed.
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