Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery College hosted a People of Color and U.S Criminal Justice Forum to talk about race relations and the county’s police force. Aline Barros has the report.

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and other county officials held a news briefing at Congressional Plaza on a cold Dec. 8 to spotlight pedestrian safety during the holiday season. Watch the conference in its entirety here: Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger stressed the need to be safe in congested parking lots. Officials reminded motorists […]

Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger was elected president of the Major Cities Chiefs Police Association- a professional association of Chiefs and Sheriffs representing the largest cities in the U.S., Canada and the UK. Chief Manger is scheduled to take office on Jan 1, 2015 and will serve two years. “The Major Cities Chiefs Association has built […]

Montgomery County Police are gathering evidence investigating the missing Hoggle children case now as a homicide investigation. Capt. Darren Francke, director of Major Crimes Division, told members of the media Monday morning at a news conference held at the Public Safety Headquarters in Gaithersburg that his investigators are transitioning the missing persons search to a […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, Police Chief Tom Manger makes remarks at the opening of the new, state-of-the-art 3rd District Police Station in the White Oak section of Silver Spring. The 3rd District Station is the busiest police station in Montgomery County. “This is a great facility,” said Manger. Related:

In this MyMCMedia extra, Chief Tom Manger addresses a question posed at a forum on race relations in Montgomery County. The question: “Do you think a Trayvon Martin type incident occur in Montgomery County?” For more coverage see our earlier posts:      

Do you think a Trayvon Martin-type incident could occur in Montgomery County? That was the hot-button question posed to six panelists and dozens of community members at a joint commission public forum held at the Executive Office Building (EOB) in Rockville on Feb. 1. The forum was presented by the Montgomery County Human Rights Commission, […]

Dancer and Prancer didn’t make an appearance for Santa’s trek through Montgomery County Wednesday, Dec. 18. The man in the red suit traveled instead by BearCat – an armored police tactical vehicle –in the county’s annual police motor squad, collecting gift bags and donations raised by the department to a party for children whose families […]

The number of county businesses caught selling alcohol to minors has increased slightly from last year, according to a report from Montgomery County’s Department of Liquor Control following their annual compliance check program. Of the 400 businesses tested for the 2013 check, 72 percent passed successfully in turning away underage minors. The number of businesses […]

A public forum to address school safety was held on Jan. 16 in Rockville. Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger addressed the crowd about the School Resource Officer (SRO) program and said he wants to see more officers in schools locally and around the country. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view […]