Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) is providing extra patrols for the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community following Tuesday’s mass shooting in Atlanta that killed eight people, including six Asian women. “We have already begun, as the County Executive noted earlier in his comments, to provide extra patrols to the business communities in […]

During a joint committee meeting Wednesday, Montgomery County councilmembers and police officials discussed a recent Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) report analyzing the county’s public safety response to mental health situations. The OLO works to provide independent findings and recommendations to the council and made two recommendations in the report: “request that the Executive discuss […]

La Policía del Estado de Maryland, junto con socios, incluido el departamento del condado de Montgomery, se centrará en el exceso de velocidad en los condados de Montgomery y Prince George a través de una nueva iniciativa, anunciada el lunes. La Tropa Metropolitana de Washington de la policía estatal y miembros de otras agencias policiales […]

Detectives de la División de Delitos Mayores del Departamento de Policía del Condado de Montgomery están investigando el caso, de la muerte de un hombre de Bethesda de 40 años, como un homicidio, anunció el departamento el lunes. Alrededor de las 5:39 p.m. del 3 de marzo, los oficiales encontraron a Derek James McBrayer tirado […]

The Maryland State Police, alongside partners including Montgomery County’s department, will target excessive speeding in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties through a new initiative announced Monday. Thirty-five traffic detail from the Washington Metro Troop of the state police and members from other local law enforcement agencies will concentrate on I-495 and I-270 with the goal […]

Detectives from the Major Crimes Division of the Montgomery County Police Department are investigating the shooting of a 40-year-old Bethesda man as a homicide, the department announced Monday. Around 5:39 p.m. on March 3, officers found Derek James McBrayer laying on the sidewalk in the 1000 block of Quebec Terrace in Silver Spring, according to […]

Two men stopped near Layhill Road last week to help another driver change a flat tire on what was later determined to be a stolen car — and the man they were assisting took and wrecked their own vehicle in the process, according to Montgomery County police. Around 12:20 a.m. on March 10, police said, 21-year-old […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) released a comprehensive report Tuesday analyzing the county’s public safety response to mental health situations. The report found that suspected mental illness is a key risk factor that leads to uses of force by Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) officers. It cites MCPD’s latest Use of […]

“We’ve never had seven homicides in one month in Montgomery County that anyone can remember,” County Police (MCPD) Chief Marcus Jones said during a council Public Safety Committee meeting. According to MCPD’s annual reports on crime and safety, the number of homicides per year in Montgomery County prior to 2020 are as follows: 2019: 15 […]

Update (Feb. 22): Montgomery County Police are investigating three separate robberies of local business owners. Last week, authorities released details of two robberies that involved other business owners. Police are now investigating the possibility that the same suspects also committed a third robbery on Thursday night. Detectives believe that the suspects followed the victims from […]