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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Apparently MoCo Police refused to come to the store. CVS employees were still waiting for 45 minutes, as “no units available.”

WTF is happening with the police that they had more pressing business?[/quote]

Like most local governments around here, MoCo government has been captured by soft-on-crime zealots. Not going to change anytime soon, and this is the result.  Brazen crime tolerated, I’d say affirmatively welcomed, by the authorities in formerly safe areas.  Watch your back, everyone.  [b]No one is coming to stop this, and it’s only going to get worse.[/b][/quote]

If this is true, then what are police doing while they are at work & collecting a paycheck?
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They are following the policies made by the MoCo authorities.  The decision to tolerate crime and disorder of this sort is a policy choice.  Other choices could be made, but they won’t be made by the current slate of elected officials.  [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

Traffic stops can result in drugs and guns being taken off the streets and those who have outstanding warrants being taken into custody. Back to astroturfing school for you![/quote]

Exactly. Like this routine traffic stop that led to seizing meth, crack, and fentanyl from a dealer:
https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail_Pol.aspx?Item_ID=43029

Or this one for an expired registration taht took a semi-automatic rifle off the streets, along with drugs -- this is exactly the kind of stop Jawando's crime bill seeks to ban:
https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail_Pol.aspx?Item_ID=43006

Or another where 1,800 pills of fentanyl and an illegal firearm were recovered:
https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail_Pol.aspx?Item_ID=42965

Imagine if these stops never took place. 1,800 pills on the market, and more peopel dying from overdoses.

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And yet guns and drugs are still plentiful and perfectly easy to procure. How can that be if traffic stops supposedly stop crime?[/quote]

DP.
Would you rather those drugs and guns stay in the population? We’re battling a ton of fentanyl in the schools right now, so isn’t it a good thing to make as many dents in the supply as possible?

Also, what message do we send when we look the other way at crime? The council’s general attitude toward policing rests on the assumption that crime will go away if we stop policing it.

I’m waiting for the day this bill passes. Then all the posters praising this bill’s merits are going to start complaining that roads aren’t safe and the police are doing nothing about it. They’ll forget the part where they applauded politicians for telling police to stop enforcing laws.[/quote]

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