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LOL, yea let's compare it to a year nobody left there house and bars were closed. Jeez, such brain damage in the right.[/quote]

That number of homicides is the highest the county has seen since the 90s.

But here's the thing.  People don't experience violence equally.    Most of the violence is occurring in small parts of the county -- equity focus areas.    So when you "reform" the criminal justice system and take away both enforcement and consequences, you end up hurting African Americans for the most part.   And then to a certain extent, Latino residents.   [/quote]

Please explain what specific steps have been taken in MoCo to take away enforcement and consequences?[/quote]

Please read the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force findings, which call for a 50% reduction in force in Silver Spring and Wheaton specifically. It also calls for no arrests for “crimes against society,” eliminating drug enforcement officers, etc:
https://montgomerycountymd.gov/rps/Resources/Files/reports/rps-task-force-recommendations-report.pdf

This is the culture in which MCPD works, one in which the council and exec believe that crime will go down if there are fewer officers. Read the report. That language is all through it. [/quote]

This is terrifying.[/quote]

The General Assembly and the County Council have passed laws that limit police's ability to investigate and enforce crimes.  From limiting search warrants to limiting crimes young kids can be charged with (gangs will now get super young kids to do a lot of their drug work), to cutting key positions out of the budget.   Both Elrich and Jawando want to do more.   Now that Jawando's traffic report has dropped, I am sure this is teeing him up to introduce a bill further limiting traffic stops.

[b]Police have pulled almost a thousand illegal guns off the streets this year.[/b]   And that proactive enforcement might very well be the reason there have been no homicides in Silver Spring this year.

But guess where they get them?   Traffic stops.   Often traffic stops because the car smells like weed.    
Guess what's about to be legalized?   So watch closely as the General Assembly, Elrich, and/or Jawando attempt to bar police from pulling over a car that smells like marijuana, ostensibly checking for DUI.  But they often find guns.

Elrich and Jawando:
They have already compromised our traffic safety by cutting traffic enforcement positions.
They have already compromised our general safety by cutting two specialized teams, one in Bethesda and one in Rockville, that proactively went after criminals.
They have already cut the central auto theft unit.
They have already cut the police who did the theft-from-auto investigations in each district.   Guess what our most common crime is in MoCo?  People stealing stuff, including catalytic converters, from cars.

We have such a police shortage, Silver Spring is bringing in State Troopers to help with enforcement on weekends.  https://www.sourceofthespring.com/silver-spring-news/2794526/crime-down-but-officer-shortage-impacts-downtown-silver-spring-commander-mcbain/

And when they tell you that they want police to solely focus on violent crime, please call them on their bull shi*t.   They have no idea how policing works.   They want to take away all the preventive work police do.   And just make them respond to the homicide investigations.

You want cops to respond to a school shooting like Magruder?  You have that.   But you no longer have cops working in schools to prevent kids from getting shot or stabbed.   
You want cops to respond to a murder scene to investigate?  You have that.   But you no longer have enough cops on the streets to help prevent the murders in the first place.

Jawando wants policing to go away.   The leaves us to get hurt, or seek justice ourselves.  And THAT's what's increasing violent crime -- a lot of vigilante justice on the streets.  
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Traffic stops because a car smells like weed are already illegal in MD. And the suggestion that violent crime is increasing because of a task force report or because low flight risk people are not being required to post bail for nonviolent offenses makes no sense. [/quote]

No they aren’t. You absolutely can stop a car for the smell of weed. [/quote]

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