By Adam Pagnucco. As part of his continuing campaign of reign by executive order, President Donald Trump has issued two new orders that could target…
Public Safety
By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier this month, I published a column on security issues at John F. Kennedy High School. In the last two years, the…
Kennedy PTSA President Responds to MCPS
By Adam Pagnucco. After I published an article about MCPS’s Safety and Security Assessment at John F. Kennedy HS, Ricky Ribeiro – the PTSA’s president…
Is This High School Safe?
By Adam Pagnucco. Few MCPS schools have been in the news for unfortunate reasons more than John F. Kennedy High School. Just in the last…
By Adam Pagnucco. A survey of residents commissioned by the Montgomery County government has found that most residents give positive ratings to many aspects of…
Is Police Overtime Sustainable?
By Adam Pagnucco. One of the biggest problems in county government is the issue of police staffing. I have written many times about critical levels…
By Adam Pagnucco. America First Legal, a group headed by former and future Trump advisor Stephen Miller, has sent a batch of threatening letters to…
By Adam Pagnucco. In March 2024, Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi issued a report finding that the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) “did not always…
Police Chief Calls Out the Council
By Adam Pagnucco. On Monday, the county council’s Public Safety Committee discussed the latest information about police staffing which I summarized in an earlier post. …
By Adam Pagnucco. Last March, I wrote about the police staffing bomb – a potential desertion of county police officers provoked by an increase to…