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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^MCPD has 1,803 full-time positions and 205 part-time positions. Add to that the municipal police forces (Rockville, Gaithersburg, Takoma Park, etc.), the M-NCPPC park police, the US park police, the WSSC police, etc.

Whatever the issues in Montgomery County, they don't include a shortage of funded police-officer positions.[/quote]

They number of applications are way down, the class size of the most recent class was the smallest in 20 years and they can't keep up with the retirements.  You can have all the positions you want but if they are vacant positions they are worthless.

https://wjla.com/news/local/montgomery-county-police-graduate-14-new-officers-in-2021-lowest-number-in-20-plus-years[/quote]

If the positions are vacant anyway, then cutting them does not make any difference in the number of actual police officers in the county.[/quote]

This is dumb. If people retire and you don't replace them, yes there are fewer offices on the streets.[/quote]

The point is that there are not any fewer officers on the streets (i.e., in their cars). Therefore the reduction in police officer positions did not cause the increase in homicides. Which makes sense, because it's happening everywhere in the US, not just in Montgomery County.[/quote]

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