Montgomery County to Introduce "Late Night Business Safety Plan" Legislation

[Bob A]

I would love to see them try to figure out three on the tree!

. . . in someone else's vehicle.

 

[Sunrise]

We need really, REALLY good pictures of the guy we let out last week so we can let him out again next week!

They put up some of these portable cameras when drivers were doing donuts in Downtown Silver Spring not too long ago:

Officers Disperse Crowd After Drivers Do Donuts in Downtown Silver Spring

Police said officers dispersed a crowd Saturday in Downtown Silver Spring after drivers were reportedly doing donuts. Officers responded to Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street for the report of cars… Read More

www.mymcmedia.org

You know how you stop drivers doing donuts? You put enough police (because you have enough police on the force in the first place) in areas where it occurs. Then you kettle them. Then you arrest them. Then you charge them and publicly crush their cars with a bulldozer as part of the penalty.

@spoon059 probably has better ideas for addressing this, but it's what comes to mind for me.

 

[Sunrise]

I’ve heard of multiple instances of that with carjackings. It’s what happens when the younger crowd barely learn to drive. They sure aren’t learning how to drive a manual.

Manual transmissions are disappearing altogether. You can barely find any cars with them these days. Can't even get the new Corvette with a manual. I think BMW has a manual available in a few models, but it's almost absent from the make. Audi dumped them as well. With the move to electric, they'll be gone entirely... except for:

Dodge Is Softening the EV Muscle Car Blow by Giving Us Some Kind of ‘Gear’ Shift

The system is called eRupt and “kicks you in the backside at every shift point,” according to Dodge boss Tim Kuniskis.

www.thedrive.com

 

[Sunrise]

This should be interesting. The overwhelming majority of people out and about in downtown SS late at night are black. These laws will disproportionately affect the black community.

I can see the headlines and envision the political handwringing in a couple months when only black people are getting arrested...

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The vast majority of inmates are male, which clearly shows police are systemically sexist. It's not because they commit more crime... Jeez.

Can't find the Legislation yet, but here's what expected of "business owners":

Proposal wants to keep late-night businesses safe in downtown Silver Spring - WTOP News

The proposal still needs to be approved by the county council before it can be enacted.

wtop.com

Cameras, Lighting, Window Tint, etc....

 

[Sunrise]

I almost can't wait for the Purple Line. Straight shot from lower PG county into Bethesda.

I worked that district for 34 months... they had BLM signs in darn near every yard, but we would get multiple calls a week about the "suspicious" black man in the neighborhood. I would have the call taker call the complainant back and elaborate and what exactly was suspicious about them. I ended up canceling the majority of those calls, cause last time I checked, being black isn't illegal (yet) in a liberal area

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Figures. Those signs are performative for their friends/neighbors.

That Nike Store going in where the Amazon Store used to be on Bethesda Row will be a prime target....

Hope MoCo PD is able to staff up by then. Will probably have to park a car out front and station an officer in the doorway.

After the armed robbery at the Apple Store occurred, I saw a MoCo PD car parked out front with an officer standing inside for a while.

 

[RFBfromDE]

It's their own damn fault for having nice things!

S5A appears to be burglarized every other week.

 

[Sunrise]

It's their own damn fault for having nice things!

S5A appears to be burglarized every other week.

S5A? I'm not in Silver Spring that often...

 

[Brychan]

If only the yutes had a nice mall to go to, that would keep them busy.

 

[mpollan1]

S5A? I'm not in Silver Spring that often...

Saks Fifth Ave. Was quite the brain teaser actually.

 

[RFBfromDE]

S5A is what they use on their "seconds" stores.

 

[Sunrise]

S5A is what they use on their "seconds" stores.

Ahhhh... Ok. Thanks.

 

[Sunrise]

If only the yutes had a nice mall to go to, that would keep them busy.

Meet me at the mall: Police have a new space in Bethesda - WTOP News

Police in Montgomery County have opened a community liaison room at Bethesda’s Westfield Montgomery mall.

wtop.com

Need a few more officers at that space/on patrol given how things are going there now.

 

[Sunrise]

Saks Fifth Ave. Was quite the brain teaser actually.

Seriously. Makes sense now!

 

[Sunrise]

Perhaps this will apply at gas stations:



Armed carjacking by duo with a long gun and handgun.

 

[spoon059]

They put up some of these portable cameras when drivers were doing donuts in Downtown Silver Spring not too long ago:

Officers Disperse Crowd After Drivers Do Donuts in Downtown Silver Spring

Police said officers dispersed a crowd Saturday in Downtown Silver Spring after drivers were reportedly doing donuts. Officers responded to Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street for the report of cars… Read More

www.mymcmedia.org

You know how you stop drivers doing donuts? You put enough police (because you have enough police on the force in the first place) in areas where it occurs. Then you kettle them. Then you arrest them. Then you charge them and publicly crush their cars with a bulldozer as part of the penalty.

@spoon059 probably has better ideas for addressing this, but it's what comes to mind for me.

Those are "minor traffic offenses" that the council otherwise doesn't want us to enforce. If I was still in a patrol function, I would absolutely refuse to "selectively enforce" these violations. Almost 100% of those involved are minorities, so I consider it racist to enforce those laws.


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[RFBfromDE]

That Comfort Inn has been abandoned since it opened!

 

[Sunrise]

Those are "minor traffic offenses" that the council otherwise doesn't want us to enforce. If I was still in a patrol function, I would absolutely refuse to "selectively enforce" these violations. Almost 100% of those involved are minorities, so I consider it racist to enforce those laws.


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I use this often.

 

[Sunrise]

That Comfort Inn has been abandoned since it opened!

Where is it?

 

[RFBfromDE]

Where is it?

It's the three floor beige and burnt orange building picture behind the EXXON.

There used to be an Old School motor Lodge there.

 

[justanotherjeep]

It's the three floor beige and burnt orange building picture behind the EXXON.

There used to be an Old School motor Lodge there.

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It’s a homeless shelter for lack of a better term now.