By Adam Pagnucco. In 2004, then-County Executive Doug Duncan had the county council pass a law prohibiting disruptive behavior at public facilities. One provision of the law requires the chief…
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Police Union Speaks Out on Staffing Bomb
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By Adam Pagnucco. Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 35, which represents Montgomery County police officers, has released a statement on my post of yesterday about police staffing. That post…
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The Police Staffing Bomb
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By Adam Pagnucco. I have written many times about Montgomery County’s problems with police department staffing. Here is a sample. MoCo’s Recent Record on Police Staffing, Part One (February, 2023):…
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Elrich Returns Fire
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By Adam Pagnucco. The heat is definitely getting cranked in County Executive Marc Elrich’s increasingly troubled relationship with his long-time ally, the International Association of Fire Fighters Local Union 1664. …
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Fire Fighters Union President Blasts Elrich
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By Adam Pagnucco. International Association of Fire Fighters Local Union 1664 President Jeffrey Buddle has released an unusual statement attacking County Executive Marc Elrich for comments he made on Fox…
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Elrich Gives Up on Fire Chief Nomination
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By Adam Pagnucco. County Executive Marc Elrich has thrown in the towel on his nomination of Division Chief Charles Bailey to lead the county’s fire department. After the nomination drifted…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi has found that “a senior Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) employee” has engaged in misconduct. In response to a complaint…
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Pittman: Do We Have Enough Cops?
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By Adam Pagnucco. “I failed.” Those are two words I almost never hear from politicians. And yet that sentiment is a part of Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman’s recent…
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By Adam Pagnucco. When the General Assembly is in session, the Montgomery County Council often meets on Mondays to consider taking positions on state bills. Council members may decide as…
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Crime Keeps Rising
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By Adam Pagnucco. Another round of crime data that has been assembled for the county council shows something that will surprise no readers of Montgomery Perspective: crime is up for…