Montgomery County Council Audit Committee Meeting on Oct. 23, 2026

Audit Committee will review Office of Inspector General reports investigating alleged misconduct by an MCPD executive and an employee from the Office of the County Attorney

For Immediate Release: Oct. 22, 2026

The Audit Committee will meet on Friday, Oct. 23 at 2:30 p.m. to review two Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reports investigating alleged misconduct by a Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) executive and an Office of the County Attorney (OCA) employee.

The members of the Audit Committee include Government Operations and Fiscal Policy (GO) Chair Kate Stewart, Council President Natali Fani-González, Council Vice President Marilyn Balcombe and Councilmembers Shebra Evans and Sidney Katz.

More detail on each agenda item is provided below. 

Office of the Inspector General Memorandum of Investigation, Public Synopsis: Investigation of Alleged Misconduct by a Montgomery County Police Department Executive; and Office of the Inspector General Memorandum of Investigation, Public Synopsis: Investigation of Alleged Misconduct by an Office of the County Attorney Employee

Review: The Audit Committee will review two OIG memorandums of investigation. The first is Public Synopsis: Investigation of Alleged Misconduct by a Montgomery County Police Department Executive, which is an investigation regarding allegations of misconduct by a Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) executive. The investigation was predicated on complaints alleging that the executive failed to take leave in situations where doing so was required and that the executive misused County resources for personal gain by bringing a relative who is also employed by the County to an out-of-state work conference. The results of the investigation and the OIG’s recommendations can be found in the Council staff report.

The second investigation is Public Synopsis: Investigation of Alleged Misconduct by an Office of the County Attorney Employee, which was based on two anonymous complaints alleging misconduct by an OCA employee. The first complaint alleged that the employee participated in official travel outside the scope of their duties and instructed an MCPD executive to use Signal, a secure messaging application, for County business to avoid requirements under the Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA). The second complaint alleged that the employee was in a motor vehicle accident while potentially under the influence of alcohol and failed to properly report the accident. Additional details of the investigation can be found in the Council staff report.

The Committee meeting schedule may change from time to time. View the current Council and Committee agendas, Council staff reports and additional information on items scheduled for Council review on the Council website.

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Contact:

Sonya Healy
240-777-7926
Sonya.Healy@montgomerycountymd.gov

Additional Contact:

Benjamin Sky Brandt
240-777-7884
Benjamin.Brandt@montgomerycountymd.gov

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