Only campers from Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., would be allowed
April 8, 2021 | 2:36 pm
Montgomery County officials are looking ahead to summer camps and preparing restrictions, including potentially allowing only Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., residents to attend local camps.
The County Council will host a public hearing and vote on several restrictions for the camps at a meeting on Tuesday at 9:45 a.m.
Among the other potential restrictions:
● Camps must separate participants into groups of 25 for indoor activities and 50 for outdoor activities
● Members from a group would not be permitted to mix with members of a different group at the camp
‘Definition of School-to-Prison Pipeline’: Council Discusses Police Incident Involving Kindergartner
The outcome of an internal investigation into a 2020 incident, in which body camera footage shows two Montgomery County police officers screaming at and handcuffing a kindergartner who left his school, cannot be revealed due to state law, MCPD Chief Marcus Jones said during a council meeting.
Council President Tom Hucker convened a discussion Tuesday afternoon with councilmembers, Jones, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Dr. Jack Smith and County Administrative Officer Rich Madaleno. On March 26, MCPD released nearly hour-long body camera footage of the Jan. 2020 incident. The video shows MCPD Officers Dionne Holliday and Kevin Christmon screaming at the East Silver Spring Elementary School then-kindergarten student, at one point, right in his face, as the five-year-old boy cried so hard that he began coughing. The officers told him his parents should beat h
Montgomery County police, schools officials discuss 5-year-old s arrest
By Natalie Rubino
Montgomery County police and educators discuss arrest of child
Montgomery County police and school officials had an opportunity to address the arrest of a 5-year-old in Silver Spring last year.
SILVER SPRING, Md. - Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones spoke out for the first time since video of a 5-year-old East Silver Spring Elementary School child being hand cuffed was released.
Chief Jones, along with Montgomery County Schools Superintendent Jack Smith, met with the Montgomery County Council in a virtual session to answer councilmembers’ questions about the disturbing incident.
Council Bill Requiring Residential Window Guards Passes Unanimously
Montgomery County Council unanimously voted to approve a bill that will require landlords to add window guards to certain multifamily residential dwelling units.
The legislation is designed to enhance housing safety for tenants and families by installing window guards to prevent the risk of children falling.
“No parent should ever have to worry about a child falling from an apartment window. But, tragically, families in our own community have experienced severe injuries or death of a child due to window falls,” Council President Tom Hucker said. “This important legislation will save lives, and I am so proud that it passed with the unanimous support of my colleagues.”
County leaders want to examine policy, learn how officers were disciplined
March 31, 2021 | 6:16 pm
April 1, 2021
Body cam footage of the incident
This story was updated at 3:03 p.m. on April 1, 2021, to include comments from the Fraternal Order of Police and clarify details of the disciplinary process.
Montgomery County officials want a hearing to look at county police discipline and procedures after a video showed two officers accosting, handcuffing and screaming at a 5-year-old boy last year.
In the 51-minute video of body camera footage, which police released on Thursday, two officers can be seen and heard accosting the child on Jan. 14, 2020. The boy had walked away from his class at East Silver Spring Elementary School.