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 school was the subject of…
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Kennedy PTSA President Responds to MCPS
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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 – contacted me with his…
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Is This High School Safe?
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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 two years, the school has…
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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 the county. However, most of…
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Is Police Overtime Sustainable?
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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 of understaffing, rising response times,…
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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 “sanctuary jurisdictions” around the nation…
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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 confirm the accuracy of collected…
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Police Chief Calls Out the Council
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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. Plagued by high vacancies, soaring…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last March, I wrote about the police staffing bomb – a potential desertion of county police officers provoked by an increase to their pension benefits taking effect…
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By Adam Pagnucco. MCPS once had school resource officers (SROs) stationed at high schools. Three years ago, County Executive Marc Elrich announced that he was removing SROs from schools despite…
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