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[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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Montgomery County police are facing recruitment and retention problems much like other areas around the country....

[quote]"We are down approximately 129 officers and we need to fill those roles," Capt. Ian Clark, Director of MCPD's Training Division, tells FOX 5.

MCPD adds that if the department cannot improve hiring and retention rates, it faces a staffing shortage of up to 229 positions by the end of 2025.

According to county leaders, MCPD is currently struggling with finding enough qualified officers to address attrition.[/quote]

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/montgomery-county-police-ramp-up-recruitment-efforts-amid-shortage

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/04/19/police-critically-understaffed-as-crime-keeps-rising/

This is sadly what happens when local leaders don't support the police and there is a push to defund them.
And, yes... they were "defunded."

[quote]In order to have as much funding for COVID-19 related expenses as possible, the County Council’s Public Safety Committee members agreed to eliminate about $7.6 million from the county budget by agreeing not to fill vacant positions and reducing the size of the next police and fire and rescue incoming classes.

The police department took the biggest hit when the committee members agreed to eliminate $2.8 million in motor pool expenses, $1.75 million in overtime cuts related to a reduced need to attend court hearings and $462,000 so that the current winter recruiting class will drop from the proposed 22 members to 14 members.
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https://www.mymcmedia.org/council-committee-agrees-to-shave-7-6-million-from-current-budget/
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