MoCo residents -- answer the survey on the police department.

[Anonymous]

Please take Marc Elrich's survey on police reform.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/rps/

[Anonymous]

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

But before you do, sign up and go do a ride along with one of them..............

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But before you do, sign up and go do a ride along with one of them..............

PP, you might not have heard that there's currently a pandemic going on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But before you do, sign up and go do a ride along with one of them..............

PP, you might not have heard that there's currently a pandemic going on.

Anything to defend maintaining your position of ignorance I guess

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But before you do, sign up and go do a ride along with one of them..............

PP, you might not have heard that there's currently a pandemic going on.

Anything to defend maintaining your position of ignorance I guess

Did you think that "come spend 4 hours in a small enclosed space with a total stranger during a pandemic!" is a good way to persuade people?

[Anonymous]

I'm OP. I'm unclear what "take the lead" means with respect to different departments. Do they mean the first to respond to the scene? Or do they mean the department primarily responsible for treatment? Because those can often be two different things. And the police department already works collaboratively with several other departments and private entities to address issues like mental health and substance abuse. County government actually already has a pretty robust system for diversion and treatment.

I think the survey construction sucks.

[Anonymous]

I filled it out, but what a waste of time.

This wasn't a survey. It's prep work for taking money out of the police department and allocating it to other, or soon-to-be-created, departments.

Get ready for the Montgomery County Violence Interrupter Unit!

[Anonymous]

"Reimagine" public safety. Has "reimagine" taken over from "reform" as a meaningless buzzwords that the gullible public accepts under the belief that a positive change is underway?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I filled it out, but what a waste of time.

This wasn't a survey. It's prep work for taking money out of the police department and allocating it to other, or soon-to-be-created, departments.

Get ready for the Montgomery County Violence Interrupter Unit!

I'm all for it. We don't need armed police officers to fill out crash reports or issue tickets to commercial trucks parked on residential streets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Reimagine" public safety. Has "reimagine" taken over from "reform" as a meaningless buzzwords that the gullible public accepts under the belief that a positive change is underway?

Bingo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I filled it out, but what a waste of time.

This wasn't a survey. It's prep work for taking money out of the police department and allocating it to other, or soon-to-be-created, departments.

Get ready for the Montgomery County Violence Interrupter Unit!

I'm all for it. We don't need armed police officers to fill out crash reports or issue tickets to commercial trucks parked on residential streets.

And what about drunk drivers, wife beaters, and murderers? Should a social worker handle that too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I filled it out, but what a waste of time.

This wasn't a survey. It's prep work for taking money out of the police department and allocating it to other, or soon-to-be-created, departments.

Get ready for the Montgomery County Violence Interrupter Unit!

I'm all for it. We don't need armed police officers to fill out crash reports or issue tickets to commercial trucks parked on residential streets.

And what about drunk drivers, wife beaters, and murderers? Should a social worker handle that too?

I think that most people are capable of understanding that Agency X is best suited to handle Problems A and B, while Agency Y is better suited to handle Problems C and D. In fact that's basically the structure of survey.

So, should armed police officers handle homicide? In my opinion, yes.

Should armed police officers handle domestic violence? In my opinion, not as the lead agency; they're not very good at it.

Should armed police officers handle drunk driving? In my opinion, not routinely; there needs to be more automated enforcement, and there need to be stricter requirements with more enforcement for establishments that serve alcohol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I filled it out, but what a waste of time.

This wasn't a survey. It's prep work for taking money out of the police department and allocating it to other, or soon-to-be-created, departments.

Get ready for the Montgomery County Violence Interrupter Unit!

I'm all for it. We don't need armed police officers to fill out crash reports or issue tickets to commercial trucks parked on residential streets.

And what about drunk drivers, wife beaters, and murderers? Should a social worker handle that too?

I think that most people are capable of understanding that Agency X is best suited to handle Problems A and B, while Agency Y is better suited to handle Problems C and D. In fact that's basically the structure of survey.

So, should armed police officers handle homicide? In my opinion, yes.

Should armed police officers handle domestic violence? In my opinion, not as the lead agency; they're not very good at it.

Should armed police officers handle drunk driving? In my opinion, not routinely; there needs to be more automated enforcement, and there need to be stricter requirements with more enforcement for establishments that serve alcohol.

How do you automate enforcement of impaired driving?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I filled it out, but what a waste of time.

This wasn't a survey. It's prep work for taking money out of the police department and allocating it to other, or soon-to-be-created, departments.

Get ready for the Montgomery County Violence Interrupter Unit!

I'm all for it. We don't need armed police officers to fill out crash reports or issue tickets to commercial trucks parked on residential streets.

And what about drunk drivers, wife beaters, and murderers? Should a social worker handle that too?

I think that most people are capable of understanding that Agency X is best suited to handle Problems A and B, while Agency Y is better suited to handle Problems C and D. In fact that's basically the structure of survey.

So, should armed police officers handle homicide? In my opinion, yes.

Should armed police officers handle domestic violence? In my opinion, not as the lead agency; they're not very good at it.

Should armed police officers handle drunk driving? In my opinion, not routinely; there needs to be more automated enforcement, and there need to be stricter requirements with more enforcement for establishments that serve alcohol.

How do you automate enforcement of impaired driving?

It was a good start when the requirement went into effect for mandatory ignition interlocks after the first DUI. Lots more speed cameras and red-light cameras would also help, with consequences for the owners of vehicles that get over a certain number of citations in a given period of time. Prevention of impaired driving would obviously help as well.

What do you think the chances are of an impaired driver getting pulled over on any given impaired-driving trip? They've got to be quite low, which means the current system isn't working well anyway. Not to mention that pulling drivers over is dangerous for the police officers.