Montgomery County officials will host a special meeting regarding security at houses of worship on February 21, 2024, from 7:00 - 9:00 PM. The meeting will be held in Bethesda, at a location to be announced only to those who register. "Attacks on houses of worship continue to occur at an alarming rate," a meeting announcement states. The meeting will feature presentations by representatives from the Montgomery County Police Department, the Fire and Explosives Investigation Unit of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, and the County's Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
Attendees will learn how to "minimize the risk of violent intruders," and what to do in the event of an attack on their house of worship. A menorah was vandalized outside a synagogue in Olney last December, and a suspect desecrated and attempted to burn down two Christian churches - and vandalized a Baptist cemetery - along Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda in July 2022. Meeting registration is open online now.
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You bidnesses can afford your own. The Churches and the Synagogues don't have any money.
ReplyDeleteWhy have you not mentioned Gov. Moore's State of the State speech? You mentioned that of the former governor frequently when he was in office.
ReplyDeleteWhat about security in the marketplace and workplace?
ReplyDeleteDon't we all pay our more than fair share of taxes and fees?