Montgomery Community Media

The County Council’s Education and Public Safety committees discussed the importance of School Resource Officers at a joint April 27th meeting about the fiscal year 2016 operating budget. Take a look:

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett along with County Council members Marc Elrich, Sidney Katz, Hans Riemer and Tom Hucker, Police Chief J. Thomas Manger, Acting Fire Chief Scott Goldstein and Department of General Services Director David Dise took part in the groundbreaking ceremony for a new Public Safety Training Academy (PSTA) on Feb. 11. The […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Phil Andrews, who on Dec. 1 will conclude 16 years serving on the Council, was honored on Oct. 30 for his efforts to enhance public safety in his long-term role as chair of the Council’s Public Safety Committee. Among the presentations at the meeting was one from County Fire Chief Steve Lohr […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Public Safety Committee will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 11 to receive an update on County crime statistics. Among the issues that will be discussed is what impact the first two years of a three-year program of increased staffing has had on crime in the County. On the 13th anniversary […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Public Safety Committee will hold a worksession at 9 a.m. on April 10 on the Fiscal Year 2015 budget request of the Police Department. The worksession is part of the Council’s review of the FY15 operating budget recommended by County Executive Isiah Leggett. The Public Safety Committee, which is chaired by […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Public Safety Committee at 9 a.m. on Thursday, April 10, will hold a worksession on the Fiscal Year 2015 budget request of the Police Department. The worksession is part of the Council’s review of the FY15 operating budget recommended by County Executive Isiah Leggett. The Public Safety Committee, which is chaired […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Public Safety Committee will hold a worksession at 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 3 on the County’s Emergency Operations Plan. The multi-discipline and all-hazards plan establishes the overall roles and responsibilities for emergency operations. The Public Safety Committee, which is chaired by Phil Andrews and includes Councilmembers Roger Berliner and Marc Elrich, […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Public Safety Committee will meet at 10:15 a.m. on July 18 to learn about the progress in building the new Animal Shelter. The shelter, which will be located at the corner of Muncaster Mill Road and Airpark Road in Gaithersburg, is scheduled to open in November. The Public Safety Committee, which […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Public Safety Committee at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 11, will begin its review of the Fiscal Year 2014 operating budget request of  the county’s Police Department. The review is part of the Council’s examination of the recommended budget presented by County Executive Isiah Leggett. In April and May, the Council […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Public Safety Committee at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, will receive an update from Montgomery County Police on the County’s speed camera and red light camera programs. The red light enforcement program has been in effect in Montgomery since 1997 and the Safe Speed camera program, designed to reduce speeding, […]