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…
Public Safety
By Adam Pagnucco. New statistics assembled by county council staff show slight recent drops in violent crime and property crime and a much larger drop in crimes against society. However,…
By Adam Pagnucco. In the last fiscal year, Montgomery County issued more than 300,000 speed and red light camera citations. And guess what? There could be a whole lot more…
Diaz Attacks Zimmerman on School Security
By Adam Pagnucco. District 2 Board of Education candidate Brenda Diaz has released a video attacking her opponent, Natalie Zimmerman, on the issue of school security. Diaz and Zimmerman have…
By Adam Pagnucco. On Monday, the county council’s Public Safety Committee voted 2-1 to oppose Council Member Will Jawando’s bill prohibiting consent searches by police. That’s not what bill advocates…
By Adam Pagnucco. A new poll by Maryland pollster Gonzales Research has found that Maryland voters overwhelmingly support requiring local police departments to turn over illegal immigrants convicted of violent…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, I reported on a joint letter by the principals of Odessa Shannon Middle School, Kennedy High School and Wheaton High School on a “gun-related incident”…
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, I reported that the principals of three MCPS schools – Odessa Shannon MS, Kennedy HS and Wheaton HS – had sent a notice to parents of…
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, the principals of three MCPS schools in Wheaton and Glenmont sent a joint letter to parents stating: Today, we, the three principals of John F. Kennedy…
By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier today, I asked if the movement to end police traffic stops was dead in Montgomery County. I concluded that that depends on the fate of Council…