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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Political Awards, 2024
By Adam Pagnucco. With 2024 in the books, it’s time for our annual political awards column. Let’s get to the winners (and losers)! Best Media Outlet: Maryland Matters Hands down,…
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. Plagued by high vacancies, soaring…
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…
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…
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. 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”…