PGCPS cites fewer weapons recoveries, lays out multi‑phase camera upgrade plan

Director Gary Cunningham, PGCPS director of safety and security, told the Operations, Budget and Fiscal Affairs Committee on March 18 that incident reporting pulled from school administrators shows a notable shift in some categories and that camera upgrades are intended to improve both detection and post‑incident investigation.

Cunningham said district incident counts declined after 24‑25 safety enhancements; the transcript records 'in school year 23‑24... 6,651 incidents' and a lower figure the following year (transcript formatting of that number is unclear). He identified increases in possession/use/distribution of drugs—citing 'a total number of 625'—and a rise in vape‑related recoveries. By contrast, he said bomb threats and threats of mass violence have fallen, and he credited close…