Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Police Department, in partnership with Maryland State Police and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint over the Labor Day holiday weekend. This enforcement is part of the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” Labor Day weekend campaign and is a component of the department’s continuing effort […]

A high speed police chase through several counties ended in Montgomery County at about 10 p.m. on August 16. Maryland State Police report that its department was contacted by the Baltimore County Police department in reference to a vehicle pursuit of a green Jeep on the outer loop of I-695 in the area of Perring […]

A Maryland state trooper is recovering from injuries he sustained during a traffic stop along the shoulder of I-270 in Montgomery County when a vehicle that had just struck another car ran into the back of his patrol vehicle at 6:15 p.m. on June 27. According to police, the suspect is a 19-year-old from Montgomery […]

The Maryland Center for Missing and Unidentified Persons (MCMUP) is asking for residents to help locate missing persons through the use of social media. According to Maryland State Police, on average, 10,000 to 12,000 children are reported missing in Maryland each year. One in every three of these children is located because someone has seen […]

As the investigation into the Boston explosions continues, Colonel Marcus L. Brown, Superintendent of the Maryland State Police, has directed state troopers to increase vigilance, especially around critical infrastructures. Troopers will be conducting increased patrol checks of critical infrastructures in their areas of responsibility. Although troopers are routinely vigilant and looking for suspicious activities as […]

The Maryland State Police announced on March 7 AMBER Alert notifications are now being sent to every wireless emergency alert (WEA) cell phone in the area of the alert. Effective immediately, AMBER Alert notifications in Maryland will be sent to all cell phones with wireless emergency alert compatibility in the state. Previously, AMBER Alerts were […]

The Maryland State Police want drivers to avoid being the victim of auto theft. There were more than 16,000 vehicles stolen in Maryland in 2011, meaning every 33 minutes someone’s vehicle was stolen. More than 50 percent of the vehicles were unlocked and more than 30 percent had the keys inside them. Investigators estimate that […]

To better support victims of domestic violence, the Maryland State Police is assigning domestic violence investigation coordinators at each installation throughout the state. Maryland State Police Superintendent Colonel Marcus L. Brown has directed each of the 22 barrack commanders to assign a specially trained criminal supervisor to be a domestic violence investigation coordinator. The coordinator […]