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Great Brain Project leads eight-year-old to investigate local law enforcement

| February 28, 2024 2:00 AM

Costin Banning invited cops to his eighth birthday last April. 

Fans of TV shows S.W.A.T. and 911, it was exciting for the whole Banning family when Columbia Falls Police Sergeant Brandon Rice and Border Patrol Agent J.R. Hagreen showed up to the party. Rice even brought Costin a warrant with his present. The charge? Getting too old. 

So when the Great Brain project began for Ruder Elementary schoolers, Costin decided he would investigate local law enforcement. His mother, Cassi Banning, started setting it up.

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