Gaithersburg, MD
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The Office of Community Services (OCS) serves as the focal point for communication between citizens and the police department, and facilitates a cohesive and proactive approach to problem solving within the department.
OCS accomplishes this by identifying community concerns, developing strategies to address those concerns, accessing the appropriate agency, department, or personnel with the resources to positively influence a resolution, and evaluating the effectiveness of those efforts on an ongoing basis through regular follow-up with community and staff members.
Services & Related Information
Strategies
The Community Services Officer, as part of their proactive approach, performs a variety of crime prevention strategies such as:
- Residential Home Security Surveys
- Commercial Security Surveys
- Safety Presentations
- Providing Informational Handouts
- Coordinating the City's Neighborhood Watch Program
- Coordinating National Night Out Against Crime Activities
- Community Speaking Engagements
- Check on Patrols
- Attending Community Meetings such as HOA Meetings and Council in the Community Meetings.
Bicycle Registration
All registrations are to be done online with the Montgomery County Bicycle Registration System.
dataMontgomery
The Gaithersburg Police Department does not maintain or publish independent crime statistics specific to locations within the City of Gaithersburg. However, comprehensive crime data for Montgomery County, including incidents occurring within the City of Gaithersburg, is publicly available through dataMontgomery.
This platform provides searchable databases and downloadable raw data on reported crimes.
All information is derived from incidents classified under the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), a component of the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program administered by the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division of the FBI. These incidents are documented through official, approved police reports.
The data is compiled using EJustice, a secure and widely utilized law enforcement records management system employed by the Montgomery County Police Department and other partner agencies. To protect the privacy of victims, no names or personally identifying information are included. The database is updated quarterly to reflect revisions or updates resulting from ongoing investigations.