The Takoma Park Police Department has released Arrest and Traffic Stop Data from 2015-2020 and Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) calls from 2018-2020. The August release follows one of the recommendations made by the city’s Reimagining Public Safety Task Force to increase transparency and awareness surrounding public safety data.
The Traffic Division of the county’s Department of Transportation is installing a High-Intensity Activated Crosswalk, also known as a HAWK beacon, at the intersection of Fenton St. and Roeder Rd. in downtown Silver Spring.
Detectives from the Montgomery County Police—Special Victims Investigation Division are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing 15-year-old from Silver Spring.
Detectives from the Montgomery County Police – 3rd District Investigative Section have arrested and charged two teenagers as adults in an armed carjacking that occurred on Wayne Avenue in Silver Spring.
Detectives from the Montgomery County Police – Major Crimes Division have arrested and charged two teenaged males from Washington D.C. with two recent carjackings in Silver Spring and Takoma Park.
The Takoma Park Police Department is looking for help to locate a missing person deemed “critical.” Sky Saunders, a 17-year-old female, was last seen in the 7600 block of Maple Avenue on Aug. 31.
Takoma Park police are investigating an armed robbery and stolen auto report, according to a community advisory. The incident occurred at about 1 a.m. Aug. 27 in the 7700 block of Maple Avenue.
The county’s Department of Health and Human Services has been awarded a two-year, $3.7 million grant to provide support for Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams and the Crisis Center, expanding intervention services to those with mental illness or a disorder due to substance abuse.
The county’s Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security issued a Heat Emergency Alert that will begin at noon today, Aug. 11, and continue through 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12. A Heat Emergency Alert, a step above Tuesday’s Hyperthermia Alert, means that the heat index is forecast to be 105° F or higher.