Montgomery County Council members are grappling with ways to boost public faith in law enforcement after last summer’s fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in Silver Spring. Montgomery County Council member Will Jawando (D-At Large) introduced the Law Enforcement Trust and Transparency Act. “I think not having an explanation was not helpful,” Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich (D) said. In a statement last week, Ball said his county “is looking forward to working with Montgomery County on this initiative. The Montgomery County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 35 police union did not respond to a request for comment on the legislation.

Source: Washington Post January 22, 2019 20:32 UTC