Does MPD actually do anything?

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Anonymous wrote:When there was a situation in our neighborhood, MPD was incredibly helpful. Our Councilperson did nothing.

I was the victim of a violent crime. The police were all over it. My councilperson and ANC representative ignored my emails.

[Anonymous]

No. Certain cars should not be patrolling traffic so they are available for calls.

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Anonymous wrote:We have the largest police force on a per capita basis and our elected leaders don’t want them to do anything. You see the results. Cops sitting in their cars surfing the internet

This. They can only do what elected leaders want them to do. Policing isn’t very popular right now, so you aren’t going to see a lot of patrolling or proactive policing.

I lived here before George Floyd was killed and never saw an MPD officer walk a beat, interact with anyone outside of tourists asking for directions, or get off their phone when not sitting in their cars, so I'm not sure this Murdoch talking point is as true as people want it to be. There has not been a political sea change forcing them to *stop* all the crimefighting they were doing before their hands were tied.

The proof is in the numbers and the upswing in lawlessness the past few years.

That actually disproves the theory, because lawlessness is up everywhere - places that reacted to the string of murder cops by trying to institute reform of the police and places that reacted by buying them more tanks and making it legal to drive over protestors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:well, for one thing, they saved democracy on January 6, 2021.

And in doing so, destroyed the republic.

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Anonymous wrote:We have the largest police force on a per capita basis and our elected leaders don’t want them to do anything. You see the results. Cops sitting in their cars surfing the internet

This. They can only do what elected leaders want them to do. Policing isn’t very popular right now, so you aren’t going to see a lot of patrolling or proactive policing.

I lived here before George Floyd was killed and never saw an MPD officer walk a beat, interact with anyone outside of tourists asking for directions, or get off their phone when not sitting in their cars, so I'm not sure this Murdoch talking point is as true as people want it to be. There has not been a political sea change forcing them to *stop* all the crimefighting they were doing before their hands were tied.

The proof is in the numbers and the upswing in lawlessness the past few years.

That actually disproves the theory, because lawlessness is up everywhere - places that reacted to the string of murder cops by trying to institute reform of the police and places that reacted by buying them more tanks and making it legal to drive over protestors.

Police know that if a criminal with Covid ODs on Fentanyl they may be liable for murder. Retreat the donut shop and let people sort things out for themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:We have the largest police force on a per capita basis and our elected leaders don’t want them to do anything. You see the results. Cops sitting in their cars surfing the internet

This. They can only do what elected leaders want them to do. Policing isn’t very popular right now, so you aren’t going to see a lot of patrolling or proactive policing.

I lived here before George Floyd was killed and never saw an MPD officer walk a beat, interact with anyone outside of tourists asking for directions, or get off their phone when not sitting in their cars, so I'm not sure this Murdoch talking point is as true as people want it to be. There has not been a political sea change forcing them to *stop* all the crimefighting they were doing before their hands were tied.

The proof is in the numbers and the upswing in lawlessness the past few years.

That actually disproves the theory, because lawlessness is up everywhere - places that reacted to the string of murder cops by trying to institute reform of the police and places that reacted by buying them more tanks and making it legal to drive over protestors.

Police know that if a criminal with Covid ODs on Fentanyl they may be liable for murder. Retreat the donut shop and let people sort things out for themselves.

Then fire them if they’re useless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’ve taken traffic enforcement away from the police and given it to the cameras, and remind me again how cameras stop drunk/stoned drivers (who are responsible for a quarter of all traffic deaths in DC)?

+1

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They're not allowed, soooooo......

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Anonymous wrote:I was the victim of a violent crime. The police were all over it. My councilperson and ANC representative ignored my emails.

A few weeks ago I e-mailed six councilmembers (Frumin, all at-large members, and Mendelson) asking what their position was on a policy. Robert White wrote back to me within hours; the other five completely ignored me. I don't get why D.C. keeps voting for Councilmembers that can't even do the most basic parts of their jobs. These people are paid for it, _and_ they have a full staff working for them. Yet they aren't even as responsive as my local ANC rep with no salary, no staff, and a full-time job he has to do.

But looking at their Twitter feeds, there's plenty of time to take photo-ops with the workers at trendy restaurants.

[Anonymous]

Just yesterday someone blatantly blew through a red light right in front of a cop, almost hitting a pedestrian. Cop did nothing. It’s infuriating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just yesterday someone blatantly blew through a red light right in front of a cop, almost hitting a pedestrian. Cop did nothing. It’s infuriating.

They're legally not allowed to pursue. Take it up with the DC Council.

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Anonymous wrote:Just yesterday someone blatantly blew through a red light right in front of a cop, almost hitting a pedestrian. Cop did nothing. It’s infuriating.

They're legally not allowed to pursue. Take it up with the DC Council.

Our government has been captured by the far left, which believes the police are the problem, not crime

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Anonymous wrote:Just yesterday someone blatantly blew through a red light right in front of a cop, almost hitting a pedestrian. Cop did nothing. It’s infuriating.

They're legally not allowed to pursue. Take it up with the DC Council.

Uh … no. They can try to pull someone over. They just can’t chase them.

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Anonymous wrote:Just yesterday someone blatantly blew through a red light right in front of a cop, almost hitting a pedestrian. Cop did nothing. It’s infuriating.

They're legally not allowed to pursue. Take it up with the DC Council.

Uh … no. They can try to pull someone over. They just can’t chase them.

Trying to pull someone over = chasing, and that's not allowed in DC.

What if they were simply "trying to pull someone over" and that driver took off and killed someone? Everyone in this bass-ackwards city would blame MPD for an illegal chase.

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Anonymous wrote:Just yesterday someone blatantly blew through a red light right in front of a cop, almost hitting a pedestrian. Cop did nothing. It’s infuriating.

They're legally not allowed to pursue. Take it up with the DC Council.

Uh … no. They can try to pull someone over. They just can’t chase them.

They chase people in cars. The ones they don’t chase are the 11 year olds driving ATVs down the middle of Connecticut Ave