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Anonymous
My suspicion is that a lot more than $1500 worth of inventory was taken in those bags. |
Anonymous
It is so refreshing to find others on DCUM who understand the real problem: the council. We can’t fault the police. The council wants fewer police (source: Reimagining Public Safety report) and that’s exactly what we getting. Now that the council realized their efforts were misguided, they literally can’t pay people to sign up. The council made this recruitment mess. And current police? The people complaining that police don’t show up simply don’t get it. MCPD is severely understaffed! Calls are up and there are fewer police to respond. Again: that’s on the council. You want laws enforced? Once again, look to the council. They are currently deciding whether police can even pull people over for low-level offenses. Don’t get angry at officers when you see them “ignoring” safety issues. That’s on… you guessed it… the council. The fact we have anybody left willing to be part of MCPD is amazing. |
Anonymous
| If we had any candidates who were unabashedly about reducing crime, and made it the primary focus of their campaign, I think they would win elections. The problem is that candidates with that message tend to prioritize other issues that make them seem like nutjobs. |
Anonymous
Something will have to give, or they will eventually close. I was in the downtown Bethesda (near the new Marriott HQ on Wisconsin) yesterday afternoon for prescriptions. I went down the detergent aisle to get some Tide. The bottles were all locked in wire, attached to the shelves, and the pods were locked on a post. You needed an associate (or tools I guess) for any. Some may recall months ago that an alleged shop-lifter allegedly stabbed a CVS associate who tried to stop this person who then ran into the East Bethesda neighborhood. |
Anonymous
https://data.montgomerycountymd.gov/Public-Safety/Crime/icn6-v9z3 Shouldn’t you already know the answers to your questions before claiming that the cause is Elrich? Elrich was executive for the some of the years that I posted and yet crime went down. MoCo is far more progressive over the last decade than the 1980s yet crime is a fraction of what it was back then. The data clearly shows that the cause of recent crime is about more than progressive politics. You guys always seem to ignore the truth. Always moving goalposts. |
Anonymous
Preventing police from wasting time on traffic enforcement is a direct action to focus limited resources towards violent crime. You are part of tue problem and not being serious about keeping our community safe. |
Anonymous
To me it’s clear that 1) there is a problem; and 2) the source of the problem is something more complicated perhaps even more basic than saying it’s council policies or police staffing levels. There were never enough police to stop every shoplifter, it’s just that people didn’t try shoplifting on this scale before. It’s like hedge capitalism has come to petty crime and once people aren’t following the basic rules of society voluntarily it’s going to be very hard to force them to. |
Anonymous
I didn't live here in the 80s, but when was the last time the CVSs in Bethesda were robbed prior to this last year or two? Either they're just getting reported better, or they really are happenign more often. |
Anonymous
It's not about redirecting resources. It's about racial equity. Here is a a link to Jawando's bill: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/Resources/Files/agenda/col/2023/20230228/20230228_2B.pdf And here is its stated purpose:
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It appears that morals and values are no longer taught in the home and children are no longer taught in the home about right and wrong.
Ultimately your local drug stores will close. They are closing in San Francisco, Chicago and New York City due to rampant theft. |
Anonymous
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The quality of life in cities will decline.
DC was a wasteland after the looting and riots during the 1960's. |
Anonymous
I did live here in the 80s. There was certainly less crime which is likely true in many areas. But, I do vividly recall the Shell station on River Rd getting robbed and they killed the clerk (that was my gas station). That was very late 80's or early 90's. Also about 10 years ago the CVS on Arlington was robbed and the robbers caught outside. I recall there was video of them being cuffed outside the store on Arlington Blvd. Going way back to the 70s there were two cops killed near Montgomery Mall where the 270 spur meets Democracy. So not unheard of in the past, but perhaps less frequent. |
Anonymous
Check out how much they’re doubling the tax on real estate sales and buys! As if the 5-6% REALTOR fee wasn’t bad enough for never leaving your house, now MoCo wants a bigger piece during interest rates tripling in 9 months time from 2.5% to 6.5%+++ |
Anonymous
Exactly. Let’s turn this joint into the favela convenience store in Brazil. Ak47s too. |
Anonymous
Dress codes matter, don’t wear that. |