Saying that the department needs more Latino officers, Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger, along with a panel of MCPD officers, met with more than 200 Latino immigrants last Thursday to address the county’s ongoing efforts to expand the department’s struggling number of bilingual officers. Maryland

“”We continue to very aggressively recruit Latino officers,” said Manger. “The progress is slow, but there is progress being made and I will continue to work very hard.”

CASA of Maryland, the largest Latino non-profit organization in the state, held the public forum at Eastern Middle School last Thursday. The forum addressed MCPD’s need to hire more Spanish-speaking officers as well as proposed legislation that would authorize state and local police officers to enforce immigration law….”

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