By Adam Pagnucco. The Baltimore unit of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), an agency of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has accused the Montgomery County Circuit Court of ignoring…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Police Chief Marcus Jones, who has served in the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) for decades and has been chief since 2019, has announced his retirement. This…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Back in November, the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) announced the launch of its Drone as First Responder Program. Almost immediately, the drone began assisting in arrests. …
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The Geography of Cannabis in Maryland
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By Adam Pagnucco. A new report by a state office illustrates a fact that’s not a big surprise: cannabis prevalence varies a lot across Maryland. Let’s examine its areas of…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Back in 2021, County Executive Marc Elrich’s Reimagining Public Safety Task Force recommended moving to fully (or expanded) automated traffic enforcement and removing police officers from that…
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More on the Explosion in Juvenile Crime
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, I wrote about data showing sharp increases in juvenile crime since the pandemic ended. That data along with pushback from prosecutors around the state has…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Two years ago, Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy commissioned an outside report studying the role of race and ethnicity in his office’s prosecutions. At the time,…
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Is Juvenile Crime Exploding?
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By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, an unusual dispute broke out between a top state official and local officials over the subject of juvenile crime. Vincent Schiraldi, secretary of the Maryland Department…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last February, Council Member Will Jawando introduced a bill to limit police authority to conduct traffic stops called the Safety and Traffic Equity Policing (STEP) Act. Council…
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The Dumbest County Council Debate Today
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By Adam Pagnucco. As the defund the police movement approached its peak in 2019 and 2020, the county executive and the county council held a competition to appeal to police…