Montgomery County data shows ongoing major challenges with police staffing, recruitment

[LuckyShot]

I'm going to make your week again with this news:

Cost of Purple Line increases yet again, completion pushed back

Additional payments will be made as construction company hits certain milestones such as the delivery of rail cars

moco360.media

The Maryland Transit Administration will seek approval next month for as much as $425 million in “relief payments” related to delays in the Purple Line light rail project.

Officials announced the extra payments along with a roughly 234-day delay that will push the line’s completion back from spring of 2027 to December of that year.

you've made my month

 

[Sunrise]

you've made my month

LMAO. Extra time to pack?

 

[LuckyShot]

LMAO. Extra time to pack?

mehhh that could be in the future but that gives me more time to enjoy my hometown a little more even though it looks more like El Salvador by the week.

 

[Sunrise]

Montgomery Co. council members want an update on the search for a new police chief - WTOP News

Some Montgomery County Council members are telling County Executive Marc Elrich that they want more information on how the search for the next police chief is going.

wtop.com

Thoughts on who winds up getting the job? Internal or external?

 

[RFBfromDE]

About as well as the search for a new Fire Chief.

 

[Sunrise]

Elrich speaks to MoCo PD's officer shortage and its recruiting troubles. (@18:11)

Says that the Education Requirement and the Accrediting Commission's Prior Cannabis Usage rule hinders recruitment.

So they now won't ask about past cannabis use during recruitment and will require that applicants commit to not using it moving forward during training and their career as required by Federal Law.

He also wants to eliminate/modify the college degree requirement as well.

Thoughts?

 

[Sunrise]

About as well as the search for a new Fire Chief.

What a $h!t$how.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Elrich speaks to MoCo PD's officer shortage and its recruiting troubles. (@18:11)

Says that the Education Requirement and the Accrediting Commission's Prior Cannabis Usage rule hinders recruitment.

So they now won't ask about past cannabis use during recruitment and will require that applicants commit to not using it moving forward during training and their career as required by Federal Law.

He also wants to eliminate/modify the college degree requirement as well.

Thoughts?

Holy crap, I watched about 8 seconds of this guy and could not take him seriously. I don't know much about his credentials or past, but all I said to myself is HOW can anyone take him seriously, let alone give him power over their county government?

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Re: problems due to cannabis usage.

It's like that age old question. "Have you stopped beating your wife?"

 

[Sunrise]

Holy crap, I watched about 8 seconds of this guy and could not take him seriously. I don't know much about his credentials or past, but all I said to myself is HOW can anyone take him seriously, let alone give him power over their county government?

He's such an unimpressive person, but he's a reflection of who voted for him.

 

[Sunrise]

Re: problems due to cannabis usage.

It's like that age old question. "Have you stopped beating your wife?"

If you keep dropping the requirements, at some point you'll get people as police officers who shouldn't be police officers.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

If you keep dropping the requirements, at some point you'll get people as police officers who shouldn't be police officers.

Bingo, Look at the likes of the FBI and US Congress etc.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

He's such an unimpressive person, but he's a reflection of who voted for him.

I definitely presumed so.

 

[spoon059]

If you keep dropping the requirements, at some point you'll get people as police officers who shouldn't be police officers.

We're already there.

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[Sunrise]

We're already there.

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[2flhun]

Pittsburgh's solution to alleviate Police Staffing issues

 

[erwos]

We're already there.

This is the right answer. If you can't even get enough people in the door to do the work, do you think the training schedule is going to be very good?

There is no doubt in my mind that there are many brave, well-meaning men and women in MoCo's police force. Unfortunately, you lower standards, you're going to wind up with people who shouldn't be there.

 

[LuckyShot]

NJ has long been given cops the ability to smoke weed.

Obviously not on the job but just like having a beer, as long as its not on the clock.

The polygraphs given fail people the most, a few guys i know have gotten "inconclusive". The accuracy of those things are in question in most cases. Guys with 10+ yrs of being a LEO get a polygraph for a fed job and fail it.

While there are probably more incompetent people among the ranks now...i've been told by a few cops its always been that way. There are goons in every agency walking around with no business being a cop but its been like that forever.

 

[Sunrise]

Elrich looks within county police department for new chief

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich says he is looking within the county police department for a replacement for retiring Chief Marcus Jones.

moco360.media

He said the candidates, whom he did not name, would be interviewed by a team of county leaders before he interviewed them during the first week of April.

If an internal candidate doesn’t make the cut, Elrich said the county will hire a firm to conduct a national search.

 

[gtodave]

He's such an unimpressive person, but he's a reflection of who voted for him.

This. He embodies SO MANY MoCo residents so closely that it's uncanny.