Elrich and MCPD insist crime in Silver Spring isn't THAT bad

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Anonymous wrote:All the Bethesda bars close at midnight on weekdays, and 2 AM on Friday & Saturday. Have no clue why SS establishments are allowed to be open later than that. Some of them stay open until 2 or 3 AM every day.

Regardless, the police need to blanket the area at closing time. That's when the problems seem to happen most.

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Who are these people that can stay out to 2-3am on weeknights? How the hell do they function in the office the next day?!?!

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Anonymous wrote:How hard would it be to bring a mini-precinct back to DTSS? MPD has done this in a few neighborhoods, including Chinatown. Why not accept that moving the precinct from DTSS way out to Colesville was a bad idea, and open something up co-located with the fire station?

That sounds incredibly logical to me. Which means it is kryptonite to MoCo leadership.

Maybe they could take over the Starbucks space, since they are closing due to security concerns?

Honestly, it's such a shame. Montgomery County has invested so much in DTSS over the past fifteen years, and they appear to be ready to let it all go to waste because a small (but vocal) group of residents want to pretend there's not a problem.

It doesn't like residents are ones pretending there's not a problem. It's county leadership (Elrich) and the police stating that.

PP here. You are right. I was unclear. Residents (including all of the relevant neighborhood associations, many of the resident associations for apartment buildings, and the small business associations) are very concerned. As far as I can tell, every single one of the neighborhood associations has requested a meeting with MCPD to discuss the situation, and the two business associations have been very vocal.

There is a small group claiming there is no issue, but they are in a minority. Unfortunately, they have a fair amount of political power.

Oh yes. The racial/social justice, anti-police activists. Yes, unfortunately, we have allowed their loud, minority voices to drive too much of our policymaking decisions in the county in recent years. Hopefully the tide is shifting against them.

Wow, feel like we just rode this wave in NW DC. Good luck SS. You have to be really loud and call your reps incessantly and attend meetings - zoom and in person - and email for everything to even get them to acknowledge there is a problem. Our Council FINALLY took a first step with the secure DC bill, after much savage crime.

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Anonymous wrote:All the Bethesda bars close at midnight on weekdays, and 2 AM on Friday & Saturday. Have no clue why SS establishments are allowed to be open later than that. Some of them stay open until 2 or 3 AM every day.

Regardless, the police need to blanket the area at closing time. That's when the problems seem to happen most.

This.

Who are these people that can stay out to 2-3am on weeknights? How the hell do they function in the office the next day?!?!

Here's my guess: the people who stay out until 2-3 AM on weeknights don't actually have jobs and are the people most likely to cause problems. The most recent shootings in the area happened on weeknights. In any event, DTSS can't handle this -- midnight is late enough on a weeknight.

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Another terrifying criminal robbery with serious guns happened at Pike & Rose:

So how can Elrich and MCPD tell us that problem isn't the terrifying criminal activity happening in our county, but rather our PERCEPTION of that crime? These so-called leaders are pathetic.