After serving almost four decades in the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Darren Popkin has announced he is not seeking reelection after his third term expires. “This is a very demanding job. I have worked 10, 12, 14 hours seven days a week,” he told MyMCM Media. Now that he is a proud first-time grandparent, […]
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By Patrick Hauf
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Feb. 10, 2021) School resource officers in Maryland may soon only enter schools mainly during an emergency a plan the bill sponsor says will help minority students feel more comfortable, but police say presents safety concerns.
SB0245, sponsored by Sen. Arthur Ellis, D-Charles, establishes numerous restrictions on school resource officers in what he told Capital News Service is a plan to ensure students, especially those of color, feel more comfortable at school.
School resource officers are career law enforcement officers assigned to specific schools for protection and community-oriented policing, according to the National Association of School Resource Officers. (www.nasro.org/faq/)
Police: Sheriff’s Deputy Shoots, Kills Laytonsville Man Who Was ‘Driving Erratically’
A Laytonsville man was shot and killed by a Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputy Saturday, according to a Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) statement.
Police say several 911 calls were received around 8:01 a.m. Saturday morning to report collisions in the 6000 block of MD-108, or Olney Laytonsville Road, between Riggs and Fieldcrest Roads. Callers said someone was “driving and acting erratically,” according to the statement, and struck multiple cars. Police said a Sheriff’s deputy, whose identity has not been revealed, was in the area at the time and was the first at the scene.
Deputy has been placed on paid administrative leave during investigation By Dan Schere |
February 9, 2021
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office has identified a deputy sheriff who fatally shot a man attacking him over the weekend in Laytonsville. Police say the man used a large piece of wood to attack the deputy.
Sgt. Frank Pruitt, an 18-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, shot 52-year-old Kevin Costlow on Saturday morning, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office on Tuesday morning.
County Sheriff Darren Popkin said previously that a man almost drove into one car Saturday morning on Olney Laytonsville Road (Md. 108), and front-ended another. The driver then used a large piece of wood to try to attack the people in the car he had hit, Popkin said on Saturday.