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Montgomery County Council changes name of policing advisory commission, clarifies role
While the Montgomery County Council changed the name and clarified goals, the body’s role will remain mostly the same.
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“We urge the council to listen to its constituents, especially the ones that are most vulnerable to experiencing police misconduct,” Amyra Hasan, campaign organizer with Young People for Progress, a social justice organization aimed at engaging Montgomery County residents younger than age 35, said at the hearing. “Young people are being arrested at rates far exceeding their population in the county, yet they are not considered in decision-making bodies.”
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