Kevon Dupree

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kevon Dupree

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) – Students at Montgomery Blair High School say they’re looking for justice for a classmate whom U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took into custody. They walked out of class to send the message. “It’s a huge shock to the whole Blair community,” Montgomery Blair High School student Alex Gomez-Ordonez said. “This is an outrage because why are you deporting students. The students have the right to stay.

2 weeks ago | dcnewsnow.com | Kevon Dupree

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) – Students at Montgomery Blair High School say they’re looking for justice for a classmate whom U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took into custody. They walked out of class to send the message. “It’s a huge shock to the whole Blair community,” Montgomery Blair High School student Alex Gomez-Ordonez said. “This is an outrage because why are you deporting students. The students have the right to stay.

2 weeks ago | dcnewsnow.com | Kevon Dupree

SILVER SPRING, Md. (DC News Now) — Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) officials are trying a pilot program with a unique approach to deterring crime in one Downtown Silver Spring parking garage. It’s rolling out “Parker,” a security robot that’s meant to keep people safe and protect cars in the Town Square Parking Garage. Officials will see how effective Parker is over the next year. If it performs well, similar robots could be placed in other garages.

2 weeks ago | dcnewsnow.com | Kevon Dupree

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) has a new pair of Air Safety Cushions at its disposal to help bring some life-threatening situations to a safe end. MCPD plans to use the cushions in situations that involve someone falling or jumping from a high point. The goal is to prevent serious injury and even death. “This is an inflatable air cushion designed to break someone’s fall from an elevated location,” MCPD Police Chief Marc Yamada said.

2 weeks ago | dcnewsnow.com | Kevon Dupree

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — On Saturday, May 31, there was a fatal collision at the intersection of Sam Eig Highway and Fields Road. Officials with the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) say it was caused by a suspected drunk driver. Ten days before the deadly accident, police launched a Summer Traffic Task Force initiative to try to prevent tragedies like this from happening this summer.