Following are a few articles I found that Gaithersburg residents might find interesting:

  • Kate Ryan reports for WTOP, Montgomery Co. Officers Won’t Enforce Immigration Laws:

    Manger says that his officers are only mandated to enforce local and state laws and will not train to take on federal functions under Section 287 G, a provision of a 1996 immigration law.

    Gaithersburg City Police Sgt. Rudy Wagner says the Gaithersburg City Police is following the same policy.

    “Regardless of what your political view is on immigration, I think that our job is clearly to make sure the entire public is safe.”

  • Mariana Minaya writes in The Washington Post, Tenants Forced Out of Affordable Complex Will Get Aid:

    Tenants of an affordable apartment complex in Gaithersburg will receive rental assistance, adequate time to relocate and moving help for the elderly and disabled before their buildings are demolished this year to make way for upscale development.

  • Ernesto Londoño writes in The Washington Post, Federal Bill Includes Funding to Stem Local Gangs:

    The county police’s gang unit has six detectives and sergeant.

    Van Hollen said lawmakers intend to award $200,000 to CASA de Maryland because the group has “deep roots” and “credibility in the community they work in.”

    The group intends to spend the money on leadership training and community programs designed to keep neighborhoods safe.

    “This grant will allow CASA to do exactly that type of leadership development and community organization that will grow healthy and safe communities,” said CASA Executive Director Gustavo Torres.

    Gaithersburg’s money is earmarked for its community oriented policing programs.

  • Kathleen Miller writes in The Examiner, Day labor center foes plan Saturday protest:

    Opponents of Montgomery County day labor centers say they will photograph people who employ day laborers and ask the Internal Revenue Service to investigate their businesses, as part of a Saturday morning protest at the day labor facility just outside Gaithersburg.

  • Dena Levitz writes in The Examiner, Montgomery close to studying the behavior of repeat offenders:

    This week, members of the county council’s Public Safety Committee gave initial approval to a comprehensive study that correction officials believe will explain to a degree never attempted locally who is returning to jails after being released.

    Stefan LoBuglio, the county’s chief of Pre-release and Re-entry Services, said many jurisdictions have examined recidivism before, but not nearly in as comprehensive a way as the six- to eight-month proposal he and Chief of Correction and Rehabilitation Art Wallenstein have put before the council.

  • Kathleen Miller writes in The Examiner, Immigrants face long wait for low-cost English classes:

    Thousands of immigrants are waiting three to six months for access to low-cost English classes in Montgomery County, despite at least 52 different locations providing English for Speakers of Other Languages programs, according to county ESOL providers.