Adam Pagnucco on Montgomery County Police Department Staffing

[Anonymous]

He recounts years of Council cutting police, and not prioritizing staffing and its known challenges, and then leaves a cliff hanger about impact on crime rates. The budget discussion is coming up. I hope people start paying attention, because staffing takes years to fix.


"Let’s connect the dots. Over the last few years, county leaders have cut sworn positions in the police department. They removed officers from schools before sending some of them back in. They established a task force and an advisory commission that have recommended reducing both the number and the authority of police officers. The result of these actions is rising complaints about crime and a full-blown staffing crisis.

It’s worth asking how bad crime really is in Montgomery County and soon I will have a deep dive on that issue. But in the meantime, it’s time for county leaders to change course on police staffing. If we want to preserve the county’s quality of life, we must restore the police department starting with the operating budget this spring. County residents are increasingly making it clear that failure to do so is unacceptable."



https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/02/02/mocos-recent-record-on-police-staffing-part-two/