RECORD GROUP 7: PUBLIC SAFETY
1946-1997
ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY
The Montgomery County Department of Police began in 1922 as a six-member force of police officers created by the Maryland General Assembly at the request of the County Commissioners.
In 1949 Montgomery County's first County Council created the Department of Public Safety which consisted of the newly established Divisions of Fire Protection and Civil Defense, and the Department of Police. The Division of Fire Protection began functioning the following November with the appointment of the County's first Fire Marshal, although the direct delivery of fire suppression and rescue services remained in the control of volunteer fire and rescue departments. In 1972 the Department of Fire and Rescue Services was created to coordinate the County's fire departments. The new department worked with the Fire Board which was composed of the chiefs of sixteen fire departments and two rescue squads, and one elected delegate from each department and squad. The Director of the Department served as Executive Secretary to the Fire Board, providing coordination and assistance in carrying out its responsibility to develop policy and direction for the local Fire and Rescue Department. That same year saw the creation of the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, one of the few correctional agencies in the country to be independent of the Sheriff or Police Department. The mission of the Department is to "protect and serve the citizens of the County by providing comprehensive correctional services including various correction alternatives ranging from secure incarceration to community treatment and reintegration programs."
In 1980 the County created the Fire and Rescue Commission whose goals and objectives were to provide "effective, efficient, and equitable fire prevention, suppression, rescue, and emergency medical services." Today fire, rescue, and emergency medical services in Montgomery County are provided by the Department of Fire and Rescue Services, the Fire and Rescue Commission, and nineteen independent Fire and Rescue Corporations.
For additional information see A Worthy Innovation: A History of the Montgomery County Police (Montgomery County Government Department of Police, 1988), and A Master Plan for Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services in Montgomery County, Maryland (Master Plan Task Force of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Commission, 1993).
PROCESSING PROCEDURES
General processing procedures consisted of discarding duplicates, unnecessary binders, and routine transmittals. Oversized documents and photographs were removed from the original location in their assigned series and placed in separate containers. Separation sheets were inserted in the original location within the folder to indicate the new location of any records placed elsewhere.
Preservation copying of newspaper clippings was performed whenever feasible. Records in folders were arranged, unless otherwise indicated, in forward chronological order, with undated records appearing at the end of the folder.
PROVENANCE
The collection was culled from various accessions of printed material.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection of printed material comprises 3.33 cubic feet of reports, studies, and budget documents dating from 1946-1997. Material is arranged in chronological order and alphabetically within each year.
The records are arranged in four series:
Series I: Department of Correction and Rehabilitation
Series II: Department of Fire and Rescue Services
Subseries 1: General Printed Material
Subseries 2: Budget and Finance Material
Series III: Department of Police
Series IV: Division of Civil Defense.
Series I: Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, 1976-1993 (0.33 cu. ft.)
This series includes annual reports and various studies and reports relating to the Montgomery County Detention and Pre-Release centers.
Series II: Department of Fire and Rescue Services, 1946-1997 (1.66 cu. ft)
This series is arranged as two subseries: General Printed Material, and Budget and Finance Material.
Subseries 1: General Printed Material, 1952-1997 (1 cu. ft.)
This series includes annual departmental and corporation reports, an oral history transcript, and material relating to disaster preparedness.
Subseries 2: Budget and Finance Material, 1946, 1970-1983 (0.66 cu. ft.)
This subseries contains budget documents for the Department of Fire and Rescue Services, and financial statements from individual fire departments in the County.
Series III: Department of Police, 1956-1994 (1.33 cu. ft)
This series includes annual reports, crime reports, and budget documents. Of particular note is a history of the Montgomery County Police which was published by the County in 1988. Printed material which refers to the Department of Police and other departments in this record group can also be found in this series.
Series IV: Division of Civil Defense, 1971 (1 folder)
This series contains a disaster information publication issued by the Division of Civil Defense in 1971. The publication outlines how the County has prepared for natural disasters as well as the possibility of a nuclear attack.
BOX INVENTORY
Series 1: Department of Correction and Rehabilitation
Box 1
Model Social Service Program for the Montgomery County Detention Center, 1971
Guidebook for the Montgomery County Pre-Release Center, 1976
Review and Performance Evaluation of the Montgomery County Work Release/Pre-Release
Program August 1972-August 1975, 1977
Six Years of Progress: 1972 through 1978, 1978
Annual Report July 1 through June 20, 1979
Department of Correction and Rehabilitation: A National Model for Community-Based
Corrections, 1979
Fiscal Year 1980 Annual Report, 1980
Fiscal Year 1981 Annual Report, 1981
Annual Report 1983, Montgomery County Pre-Release Center, [1983]
Guidebook for the Montgomery County Pre-Release Center, 1986
(The) Mentally Ill and Mentally Retarded Offender, 1986
Confinement Facilities Plan, 1988
Annual Report FY 89, Montgomery County Pre-Release Center, 1989
FY 88 Annual Report, 1989
FY 90 Annual Report, 1990
FY 90 Annual Report, Montgomery County Pre-Release Center, 1990
Guidebook for the Montgomery County Community Accountability and Treatment Services
Program (CATS), 1990
Guidebook for the Montgomery County Pre-Release Center, 1991
Annual Report FY 92, Montgomery County Pre-Release Center, 1992
FY 91 Annual Report, 1992
Pre-Trial Services Division Annual Report FY 92, 1993
Department of Correction and Rehabilitation: A National Model for Community - Based Corrections
Series II: Department of Fire and Rescue Services
Subseries 1: General Printed Material
Fire Prevention Code as Amended Through July 22, 1952, 1952
History of the Silver Spring Fire Department (Oral History Transcript), 1966
Division of Fire Prevention Annual Report, 1969
Silver Spring Fire Department Annual Report, 1969
Division of Fire Prevention Annual Report, 1970
Evaluation of Alternative Fire Tax Plans, Montgomery County, Maryland, 1970
Fire Board Annual Report 1969-1970, 1970
Fire Fighters Association, 1970
Silver Spring Fire Department Annual Report, 1970
Silver Spring Fire Department Annual Report, 1971
Annual Report, 1973
Fire and Rescue Services [History], 1973
Public Service Program for Fire Station Distribution, 1973
Annual Report, 1974
Annual Report 1975, 1976
Annual Report, 1976
Annual Report 1977, 1978
Report of the Fire Service Review Task Force, 1978
Annual Report 1978, 1979
Annual Report 1979, 1980
Annual Report 1980, 1981
Personnel Regulations for Fire and Rescue Service Merit System Employees of the Independent
Fire and Rescue Corporations of Montgomery County, 1981
Annual Report, 1982
Disaster Preparedness, [1982]
Hazardous Material Preparedness Plan, 1982
Annual Report 1983-1984, 1984
Annual Report FY 1985, 1985
City of Takoma Park, Maryland, Position Paper, 1985
Annual Report FY 1986, 1986
Compilation of Fire Service Studies 1941-1986 (3 folders), [1986]
Box 2
Annual Report, 1988
Emergency Operations Plan, 1988
Fire and Rescue Commission Annual Report, 1988
Fire and Rescue Service Corporation Personnel Regulations, 1988
Emergency Operations Plan, 1989
Fire and Rescue Commission Annual Report, 1989
Master Plan for Fire and Rescue Services and Emergency Medical Services in Montgomery
County, Maryland, 1993
Box 3
Montgomery County Volunteer Fire-Rescue Association 71st Annual Convention, 1993
Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services Master Plan, 1994
Fire and Rescue Commission Annual Report FY 96, 1996
Effects of Speed Humps and Traffic Circles on Responding Fire and Rescue Apparatus in
Montgomery County, Maryland, 1997
Fire Prevention Code, n.d.
Preparing for Disaster or Emergency, n.d.
Subseries 2: Budget and Finance
Fire Department Financial Statements February-April, 1946
Recommended Operating Budgets of the Fire and Rescue Departments FY 1970-1971, 1970
Fire Department Financial Statements, 1970-1971, 1971
Recommended Operating Budgets, FY1971-1972, 1971
Fire Department Financial Statements
1971-1972, 1972
1972-1973, 1973
Box 4
Fire Department Budgets (2 folders), 1974
Fire Department Financial Statements
1974-1975, 1975
1975-1976, 1976
1976-1977, 1977
1977-1978, 1978
1978-1979, 1979
Box 5
1980-1981, 1981
1981-1982, 1982
1982-1983, 1983
Series III: Department of Police
Annual Report, 1955, 1956
Annual Report, 1956
Annual Report, 1957
Annual Report, 1958
Annual Report, 1959
Annual Report, 1960,
Annual Report 1961, 1962
Annual Report 1962, 1963
Annual Report 1963, 1964
Box 6
Annual Report 1964, 1965
Annual Report 1965, 1966
Annual Report 1966, 1967
Annual Report 1967, 1968
Report of the Police and Fire Training Review Committee on the Montgomery County Police
-Fire Academy, [1968]
Annual Report 1968, 1969
Annual Report 1969, 1970
Annual Report 1970, 1971
Box 7
Annual Report 1971, 1972
Annual Report 1972, 1973
Annual Report 1973, 1974
Annual Report 1974, 1975
Annual Report 1975, 1976
Annual Report 1976, 1977
Chronic Offenders: An Analysis of Delinquency in Montgomery County, Maryland, 1978
Montgomery and Prince George's Counties, Maryland, Automated Fingerprint Identification
System, [1978]
Budget Request FY 80 (3 folders), 1978
Managing Criminal Investigations Attitudinal Survey: An Analysis of Officer Opinions Toward
the Investigative Process, 1978
Annual Report 1978, 1979
Annual Report 1979, 1980
Budget Submission FY 82, 1980
Recommended Budget Supplemental Document FY 81, 1980
Annual Report 1980, 1981
Planning Division Personal Patrol Vehicle Program Monitoring Report, 1981
Seventh Annual Police and Fire-Rescue Service Awards Program, 1981
Annual Report 1981, 1982
Annual Report 1982, [1983]
Quarterly Crime Report, Fourth Quarter 1983, [1984]
Annual Report January 1983-December 1984, 1985
Annual Report 1985, 1986
Quarterly Crime Report, Second Quarter 1986, [1986]
Annual Report 1986, 1987
Resource Allocation and Staffing Study of the Montgomery County Police Department, 1987
Annual Report 1987, 1988
(A) Worthy Innovation: A History of the Montgomery County Police, 1988
Annual Report 1988, 1989
Radio Communications Study: Executive Summary, 1990
Annual Report 1989, 1990
Annual Report 1990, 1991
Annual Report 1991, 1992
(An) Overview of Community Policing, 1992
Annual Report 1992, 1993
Demonstration Projects in Community Policing, 1993
Office of Community Policing
Economic Development Committee Report, 1993
Government Coordination, Legal and Legislative Committee Report, 1993
Media, Education, and Information Referral Committee Report, 1993
Operations Committee Report, 1993
Organizational Structure Committee Report, 1993
Recruiting and Training Committee Report, 1993
Technology Development Committee Report, 1993
Workload Analysis Committee Report, 1993
Transition to Community Policing: Strategic Implementation Plan, 1993
Crime Prevention and Personal Safety, 1994
Prom Season Task Force Report, 1994
FY 95 Annual Report
Brochures - Community Policing, n.d.
Dial 911 for Police, Fire or Medical Emergencies, n.d.
Office of Stress Management Policies and Procedures Manual, n.d.
Series IV: Division of Civil Defense, 1971 (1 folder)
Disaster Information, 1971 (Flat File 9)
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