In January 2020, Officer Kevin Christmon was involved in an incident where he and another officer found a 5-year-old boy who had wandered away from East Silver Spring Elementary School. Body-camera footage showed Christmon yelling at the child, pushing him into a patrol car while he was crying, and later placing handcuffs on him at the school. The incident led to disciplinary actions against Christmon, though specific details were not publicly disclosed. The child’s family filed a lawsuit against Christmon, the other officer, the Montgomery County Police Department, and the Montgomery County Board of Education, which was settled in August 2022 for $275,000. Christmon remained employed with the department following the incident.