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Rhonda LeRoux says Montgomery County Police failed to de-escalate the situation that ended in officers fatally shooting her son, 21-year-old Ryan LeRoux. LeRoux was killed by Montgomery County Police (MCPD) officers July 16. Police said they were called to a Gaithersburg McDonald’s for a report that LeRoux was in the drive-thru refusing to pay for […]

Montgomery County Police held a press conference Tuesday to review officer body camera footage from the July 16 fatal shooting of 21-year-old Ryan LeRoux at a McDonald’s restaurant in Gaithersburg. According to police, a person called 911 to report LeRoux was in a McDonald’s drive-thru on Flower Hill Way refusing to pay for his food […]

Slow down! The Rockville Police Department is deploying a speed monitoring system on Maryland Avenue near the intersection of South Washington Street this week. The system will use portable cameras to monitor eastbound and westbound traffic. Motorists may see “photo enforced” signs, but officials say citations will not be issued for the first 30 days. […]

Repairs are complete at the site of a 20-inch pressurized sewer main leak at 2114 Rose Theatre Circle in Olney that sent raw sewage flowing from the pipe on Wednesday morning. According to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC), this Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) was mostly contained to the grassy areas near the break site […]

The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) is piloting the body worn cameras program this month. Lorna Virgili reports that 20 administrative officers are already wearing the cameras and 80 other officers will be joining them by the end of this month. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

A Bethesda man is charged with using a selfie stick to secretly record his neighbor. According to Montgomery County Police, Donald Frazier Beard, 60, of the 10600 block of Montrose Avenue, faces charges of placing a camera in a private residence, one count of visual surveillance in a private residence, and two counts of interception […]

Twenty Montgomery County Police officers have been trained and have started to use body worn cameras, according to Montgomery County Police Capt. Paul Starks. The department has said 100 officers will pilot the program this summer. According to Starks, additional officers will be participating in camera use and operations training this month, but he declined to say […]

This is a wrap-up of my time at the Consumer Electronics Show 2015 in Las Vegas this past week. As I stated in my last blog I was hired as a contractor through a program called Share the Love to provided help to member and guest attendees at the 2015 CES. Friday after three days […]

Montgomery County government, police and public schools are teaming up to educate drivers about the importance of complying with Maryland laws pertaining to stopped school buses with activated flashing lights and stop arms. This week, a new easy-viewing informational outreach campaign, #PassItOn, is being launched through social media. Each day a new video message will […]

Motorists in Rockville should take note: Rockville police will begin issuing tickets next week from three new red light camera locations operated by the city of Rockville. A month-long grace period to allow the community to prepare for the new cameras ends on Monday, April 15. The cameras are part of the city’s effort to […]