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Montgomery County Councilmember Marc Elrich, chair of the Council’s Public Safety Committee, issued the following statement today about the explosion and major fire in the apartment building in the Long Branch section of Silver Spring: “The explosion, fire, and building collapse at the Flower Branch apartment buildings early this morning injured 34 people, including three […]

The Montgomery County Council raised concerns about Alert Montgomery and communication efforts, following last month’s 911 system outage that happened at the Alternative Emergency Communication Center (AECC) located in Rockville, at today’s council briefing. Montgomery County Councilmember Marc Elrich, chair of the public safety committee, began the meeting stating, “You simply cannot have your 911 system […]

The Montgomery County Council has scheduled a special work session on Aug. 2nd to discuss the facts behind the July 10th outage of the county’s 911 emergency system. This special worksession before the full Council replaces a work session originally planned for July 28, before the Council’s Public Safety Committee. The work session will take […]

The Montgomery County Council Public Safety Committee will hold a special session regarding the 911 call center outage that happened on July 10th. The committee members are Councilmembers Marc Elrich, Sidney Katz, and Tom Hucker. Elrich is the chair of the committee. “There is no service that this County provides to our residents that is […]

At a Dec. 7th County Council Public Safety Committee meeting, Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger briefed County Councilmembers on crime statistics. In this MyMCMedia Extra, Chief Manger talks about the rise in homicides in 2015. Related:

Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger briefed the County Council Public Safety Committee Dec. 7th. Part of his briefing included crime statistics for the first 11 months of the year. The number of rapes compared to last year have increased by 95 percent. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Chief Manger explains the increase is not as […]

At a Dec. 7th Public Safety Committee meeting, Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger briefed County Councilmembers on crime statistics. And while so far this year, Part I crimes (serious offenses) in the County have slightly decreased by 1.2 percent, some area’s like Montgomery Village have experienced an increase. Find out what steps the police […]

At a Dec. 7th Public Safety Committee meeting, Councilmember Marc Elrich asked Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger about critically injured officer, Noah Leotta. You can watch Chief Manger’s heartfelt response in this MyMCMedia Extra video. The Montgomery County Police Department has set-up an email for those who would like to send well wishes or a message […]

This year’s crime statistics may have Montgomery County councilmembers do a double take when the council’s Public Safety Committee meets in December. Year-to-date, Montgomery County police officers have investigated 25 homicides in 2015 compared to 16 homicides during the same time period last year. That’s an increase of 56 percent and a 10-year high. The […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Public Safety Committee is scheduled to receive an update about the use of body-worn cameras, including the impact of pending state policy on local law enforcement’s use of the cameras. This is the first briefing on the cameras since the program was implemented this summer. The meeting begins at 2 p.m. […]