Editing Montgomery County, Maryland (section)

===Law enforcement===
==== County police ====
The [[Montgomery County Police Department (Maryland)|Montgomery County Police Department]] (MCPD) provides the full spectrum of policing services to the entire county. It was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in [[Gaithersburg, Maryland]]. It consists of around 1,300 sworn officers and 650 support personnel, split into 6 districts throughout the county.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us Page, Montgomery County Police Department, Montgomery County, MD |url=https://montgomerycountymd.gov/pol/about.html |access-date=November 2, 2022 |website=montgomerycountymd.gov |archive-date=November 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102184851/https://montgomerycountymd.gov/pol/about.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The department also provides assistance to other nearby departments, such as the [[Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia]] and the [[Prince George's County Police Department]], if requested.

==== County sheriff's office ====
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) is a [[Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies|nationally accredited]] U.S. law enforcement agency and acts as the enforcement arm of the courts in the county. All of its deputy sheriffs are fully [[Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commission|certified]] law enforcement officials with full authority of arrest. The office was created in July 1777 and is the oldest law enforcement agency in Montgomery County.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Montgomery County Sheriff's Office |url=http://www.mcsheriff.com/ |website=www.mcsheriff.com |access-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-date=July 20, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020720181559/http://www.mcsheriff.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It is headquartered in [[Rockville, Maryland]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 20, 2002 |title=Montgomery County Sheriff's Office |url=http://www.co.mo.md.us/judicial/sheriff/sheriff.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020620094144/http://www.co.mo.md.us/judicial/sheriff/sheriff.html |archive-date=June 20, 2002}}</ref> It was nationally accredited in 1995, the first county sheriff's office in Maryland to be so. The MCSO has authorized over 165 employees consisting of sworn law enforcement officers and civilian support staff.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, MD:<!-- Bot generated title --> |url=http://www.mcsheriff.com/units/administration.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509101539/http://www.mcsheriff.com/units/administration.asp |archive-date=May 9, 2008}}</ref> The office is headed by the sheriff, who has been elected every four years since the 1920s. The current Sheriff is Maxwell C. Uy (D), elected in 2022. Uy is the 62nd Sheriff and the first [[Asian Americans|Asian American]] to hold that office.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Morse |first=Dan |date=January 4, 2023 |title=New Montgomery sheriff takes on staffing shortages, other challenges |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/03/new-montgomery-sheriff/ |access-date=July 29, 2023 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=January 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103123300/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/03/new-montgomery-sheriff/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Other agencies ====
Several cities including Rockville and Gaithersburg maintain their own police departments to complement MCPD. Maryland State Police patrol [[I-495 in Maryland|the Beltway]] and [[I-270 in Maryland|I-270]], and they assist county and city police in investigation of some major crimes.