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…
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The Police Staffing Crisis Gets Worse
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, this site revealed plans by the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) to reduce its presence in the cities of Gaithersburg…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last February, Council Member Will Jawando introduced a bill to restrict the authority of county police officers to make traffic stops. Council…
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Your Picks in Year One, Part One
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By Adam Pagnucco. On September 27, 2022, Montgomery Perspective published its first post. Since then, almost 500 posts have followed. It’s been a tumultuous year…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier today, I wrote about how the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) was handing off calls for service in the Rockville and…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) is planning to reduce its response to service calls in the cities of Rockville and Gaithersburg. …
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Is There Depolicing in MoCo? Part Five
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One introduced the concept of depolicing. Part Two explored police data released by Montgomery County government since the late 1990s. Part…
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Is There Depolicing in MoCo? Part Four
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One introduced the concept of depolicing. Part Two explored police data released by Montgomery County government since the late 1990s. Part…
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Is There Depolicing in MoCo? Part Three
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part Two examined trends in arrests, traffic citations and warrants served contained in Montgomery County’s comprehensive annual financial reports (CAFRs). Now let’s…
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Is There Depolicing in MoCo? Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One introduced the concept of depolicing, which Wikipedia defines as “a term for police disengaging from active police work, generally as…