Montgomery County police responded to a report of a stolen vehicle in the Grosvenor area of Bethesda on Saturday morning, November 5, 2022. The vehicle was parked along the street in the 5200 block of Tuckerman Lane. It is believed the vehicle was stolen sometime between 7:30 PM Friday night and 4:00 AM Saturday morning. A number of auto parts have been stolen from vehicles in the Grosvenor area over the last couple of weeks, as well.
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Of course it was. They'll probably still vote for Elrich again anyway.
https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2021/10/montgomery-co-man-recovers-his-own-stolen-car-from-dc/
"Montgomery County Police Department’s auto theft unit was disbanded earlier this year because of FY 2021 budget cuts."
Congratulations.
There are crooks out there. Pay for the insurance. As a society, it's cheaper than hiring more law enforcement professionals to patrol our streets/malls/everywhere.
But, if we do decide to hire more LEO than we have already, then let's make sure to require that they live where they patrol. Same thing if we need a LEO in every school, then we need a LEO living in every neighborhood.
Could that make it hard to attract qualified applicants? Not if forgive drug offenses for otherwise qualified candidates. Breaking an unjust law or three to support your family shouldn't disqualify you. Some of our best qualified candidates could be finishing up prison sentences.
@3:43 PM: "Pay for the insurance" because it's cheaper than hiring more LEO's? Are you serious? Montgomery County is overrun with violent crime which isn't mitigated by paying for the insurance. Montgomery County has the money to sufficiently staff the police force for the size/population of this County. The One-Party All Democrat MoCo Council which controls all the program spending here specifically decides not to do it. The MoCo police force is currently less than half the size it should be for a County this size.
This Report speaks for itself: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/Resources/Files/agenda/cm/2022/20220131/20220131_PS2.pdf
"The Committee has received regular updates on Police staffing and is well aware that while the Department’s staff has historically been lower than the average for similarly-sized jurisdictions, Montgomery County continued to have relatively low crime rates. After taking significant budget cuts during the great recession, Police staffing increased slowly over the past 10 years, from 1,159 authorized sworn positions in FY12 to a high of 1,306 in FY21."
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"For FY22, MCPD has an authorized sworn complement of 1,281 officers. This number reflects 1.2 officers per 1,000 residents. It is significantly lower than the average 2.8 officers per capita reported for counties, and the 2.5 officers per capita reported for suburban areas. While per capita staffing is just one measure of police department strength, it is important to note that MCPD’s per capita staffing has remained about 1.2 for almost 20 years."
So there you have it.
As for your points that LEO's must live in the area they patrol: I don't see why that's necessary. Why is that so important to you? It substantially limits the applicant pool. Not everyone can afford to live in Montgomery County.
As for the other disqualifying elements you mentioned, let's get to those after the One Party All-Democrat MoCo Council decides to sufficiently increase the size of the police force.
3:43 PM: When you say "But, if we do decide to hire more LEO than we have already", you do realize that not a single Republican is part of that "We" at the County Leadership level for that decision. No Republican has any say or role in this County-Level decision. This decision rests entirely on Democrats, who comprise the entirety of the Council, and who entirely own having the MoCo Police Department being undersized for the County.
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