Anonymous wrote:For your reference concerning staffing. The district in which this occurred is normally staffed with 8 officers and 1 supervisor. That area covers from 16th street in Silver Spring to the river and from Western Ave to Montrose Road. It also includes Potomac out to Piney Meeting House Rd. Also this call would not have been dispatched priority as it would be a theft not a robbery, therefore lights and sirens would not be authorized. It’s also unlikely that a pursuit would be authorized based on the offense and if one was it would have to terminate at the county line.

Anonymous wrote:I saw a marked car parked in the Sumner Place shopping center..maybe MCPD is starting to move in the right direction.

Staging a car near these soft targets could dramatically deter crime and it's a low cost, easy fix!

Anonymous wrote:For your reference concerning staffing. The district in which this occurred is normally staffed with 8 officers and 1 supervisor. That area covers from 16th street in Silver Spring to the river and from Western Ave to Montrose Road. It also includes Potomac out to Piney Meeting House Rd. Also this call would not have been dispatched priority as it would be a theft not a robbery, therefore lights and sirens would not be authorized. It’s also unlikely that a pursuit would be authorized based on the offense and if one was it would have to terminate at the county line.

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Anonymous wrote: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?

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. No one is coming to stop this, and it’s only going to get worse.

If this is true, then what are police doing while they are at work & collecting a paycheck?

Police have largely adopted a "clean up crew" mentality. They have less interest in dealing with criminals these days. The criminals are more brazen, more mentally ill and on stronger drugs than ever before putting them at a greater risk than ever before. Meanwhile, you'll have a dozen people filming their every interaction looking for a social media gotcha with firing and jail time possible. Then even when they do arrest people, they are back on the streets in a day.

So what is even the point?

In other words, police are getting paid to do nothing because they hate the fact that they have to be held accountable for their conduct.

Btw how many police officers in Montgomery County have gotten fired or gone to jail for misconduct on the job? I'll wait.

The unfortunate reality is that policing doesn't work when its done in a way that is above reproach. Not enough people are willing to engage in risky encounters on the daily when the things can go wrong for them so many ways.

Its easy to criticize the police, but no one here is going to leave a cushy office job to show them how its done right. How many people here could keep their cool after they've been punched/spit on/bit and suddenly they've got hands in their pockets? Now add 10 people surrounding you with phones and jawing at you. No one wants to deal with that.

You're acting like the standard that people are expecting of police is really high, when in fact folks just want police to stop harassing and killing innocent people. These incidents are not cases of police being harassed and then losing their cool. Don't be so disrespectful.

But just to be clear then, you agree that the police could forcibly arrest the POSs that were stealing all that stuff from the CVS, right?

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Anonymous wrote: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?

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. No one is coming to stop this, and it’s only going to get worse.

If this is true, then what are police doing while they are at work & collecting a paycheck?

Police have largely adopted a "clean up crew" mentality. They have less interest in dealing with criminals these days. The criminals are more brazen, more mentally ill and on stronger drugs than ever before putting them at a greater risk than ever before. Meanwhile, you'll have a dozen people filming their every interaction looking for a social media gotcha with firing and jail time possible. Then even when they do arrest people, they are back on the streets in a day.

So what is even the point?

In other words, police are getting paid to do nothing because they hate the fact that they have to be held accountable for their conduct.

Btw how many police officers in Montgomery County have gotten fired or gone to jail for misconduct on the job? I'll wait.

The unfortunate reality is that policing doesn't work when its done in a way that is above reproach. Not enough people are willing to engage in risky encounters on the daily when the things can go wrong for them so many ways.

Its easy to criticize the police, but no one here is going to leave a cushy office job to show them how its done right. How many people here could keep their cool after they've been punched/spit on/bit and suddenly they've got hands in their pockets? Now add 10 people surrounding you with phones and jawing at you. No one wants to deal with that.

You're acting like the standard that people are expecting of police is really high, when in fact folks just want police to stop harassing and killing innocent people. These incidents are not cases of police being harassed and then losing their cool. Don't be so disrespectful.

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Anonymous wrote:The quality of life in cities will decline.

DC was a wasteland after the looting and riots during the 1960's.

Nope, people ain’t moving. Too much wealth in cities and housing stock in this country has lagged population growth for the last 3 decades. Crime up big in rural, exurbs, and suburbs too.

Where ya gonna run?

Are you kidding? Wth have you been reading the last four years?

Highest crime and murder rates are in Republican controlled states:
https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-two-decade-red-state-murder-problem

Murder rates soar in rural America:
https://www.wsj.com/story/murder-rates-soar-in-rural-america-bb431022

13 of 20 counties with highest gun crime rates are rural:
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/gun-violence-in-rural-america/

Hold on - did you hear that? It’s the sound of your bubble popping.

Omg! Something went from a low base of 2 to 4, 100% increase!

Meanwhile anacostia and SE DC: 2230 gun crimes per month to 3100; not as big an increase, NBD.

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Anonymous wrote: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?

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. No one is coming to stop this, and it’s only going to get worse.

If this is true, then what are police doing while they are at work & collecting a paycheck?

Standing down like they are told to do

No, they were looking for a suicidal teenager, whom they found after an extensive search and then took to the hospital. They probably saved a young life. Lay off the people doing work and save your criticism for the people who think we should have fewer police.

I was referring to the fact that police are often not acting due to county forces that govern them.

Then why is the crime rate down over the last ten years?

Because lots of crimes no longer get reported, and even if they do get reported, police don't write them up at all or don't write them up correctly. One example:

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/internal-documents-whistleblowers-show-alleged-underreporting-of-crime-by-dc-police-mpd/65-3ce1c9eb-ce1e-4823-a11c-66775c147b10