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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?

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.

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.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:Why isn't anyone asking what Amazon and ebay are doing about this? They are basically fencing stolen goods and created much of this problem.

Grow up.

They’re not mowing down the sangamore parking lot in a Honda and terrorizing and stealing from stores.

For all you know all that makeup and hair supplies and nail polish is going straight to the Beauty Salon in Anacostia.

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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?

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.

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.

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.

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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?

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.

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.

Keep the calls coming.
To the council, to the police, to the schools, to the press, to the county.

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Anonymous wrote:

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

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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.

The people who find this now normalized (in liberal cities) disrespect and misbehavior need to speak up and support law enforcement and tough laws and judges.

Is Bethesda sick of stolen cars, packages, looted stores, racing crime vehicles and going to demand consequences? Including slamming a repeat crook onto the sidewalk with a zapper and cuffing them, bringing them in for a month and then community service, gps, record?

Seems like Bethesda let friendship heights go to krap. And they’re carburetors, cars, Amazon deliveries. Now their retails stores are under attack.

Waving your ringcam feed around again or this stuff and not contacting police, local and state electorate is silly.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

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.

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

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Overall crime is down. Look at the data.

12 carjackings in the first 3 months o f this year, just in Wheaton:

https://moco360.media/2023/03/17/12-carjackings-and-a-shooting-at-wheaton-mall-have-residents-fearful/

So last year it was even higher then?

Are you under the impression that crime levels are based purely on carjackings?

Let me prove it to you.

Montgomery county crime rate per 100,000 people:

2020: 1,571.5
2010: 2,293.7
2000: 3,153.9
1990: 4,027.5
1980: 5,482.4

Now tell me has MoCo become more or less politically progressive over that time period? I have lives here that whole time so you can’t fool me. I’m so sick of you MoCo bashing liars.

Come in, out the absolute numbers up if yours not going to control for population growth when slapping up per capital stuff

Math fail

Huh? Per capita does control for population growth. Per capita is pretty much how crime levels have been measured for the past century.

Absolute numbers matter, but not as much as per capita.

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

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

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Anonymous wrote:
Overall crime is down. Look at the data.

12 carjackings in the first 3 months o f this year, just in Wheaton:

https://moco360.media/2023/03/17/12-carjackings-and-a-shooting-at-wheaton-mall-have-residents-fearful/

So last year it was even higher then?

Are you under the impression that crime levels are based purely on carjackings?

Let me prove it to you.

Montgomery county crime rate per 100,000 people:

2020: 1,571.5
2010: 2,293.7
2000: 3,153.9
1990: 4,027.5
1980: 5,482.4

Now tell me has MoCo become more or less politically progressive over that time period? I have lives here that whole time so you can’t fool me. I’m so sick of you MoCo bashing liars.

Come in, out the absolute numbers up if yours not going to control for population growth when slapping up per capital stuff

Math fail

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

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.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe CVS and all retailers should just be locked and individual customers be buzzed in at manager discretion.

My local goldsmith/jewelry/pawn shop does this. What a world!

The discrimination claims will come in on day 1, after a law-abiding young man wearing a hoodie and a face mask is denied entry.

CVS would never do it, but it is possible to be done in a non-discriminatory way. You just need clear race-neutral guidelines, such as:

-- No oversized purses or shopping bags

-- No duffel bags or backpacks

-- Face masks must be removed briefly upon entry to the store, and you must look at a camera with the mask off (FYI, this is a requirement at Maryland casinos and is strictly enforced)

Wouldn't be a perfect solution, but would probably be somewhat of a deterrent.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Overall crime is down. Look at the data.

12 carjackings in the first 3 months o f this year, just in Wheaton:

https://moco360.media/2023/03/17/12-carjackings-and-a-shooting-at-wheaton-mall-have-residents-fearful/

So last year it was even higher then?

Are you under the impression that crime levels are based purely on carjackings?

Let me prove it to you.

Montgomery county crime rate per 100,000 people:

2020: 1,571.5
2010: 2,293.7
2000: 3,153.9
1990: 4,027.5
1980: 5,482.4

Now tell me has MoCo become more or less politically progressive over that time period? I have lives here that whole time so you can’t fool me. I’m so sick of you MoCo bashing liars.