This issue of the Safe Silver Spring Newsletter has: 1) Info on
National Night Out – 8/5: 2) Ban the Box legislation; 3) Other
items of Interest.
This newsletter can also be found at
http://tinyurl.com/sssnews080214
1) National Night Out Events – Tuesday, August 5th
The following is the schedule of national night out events to be held at various
locations in the 3rd District. We hope you can attend one of the events.
Commander Jones, Lt. Felsen and Lt. Daniel will all be out in the caravans, along
with our motorcycle escort to visit this year’s events.
National Night Out, celebrated by police departments across the nation,
is a unique crime/drug prevention event sponsored by the National
Association of Town Watch (NATW). The Police Departments’ goal is to heighten
safety and crime prevention awareness; to support locally-based businesses,
groups, and organizations; and to strengthen relationships among community
members and between the community and local police department.
G-SECTOR:
Forest Estates
General Getty Park, 10000 Woodland Ave.
6:30-8:30pm
Indian Springs
Indian Springs Terrace Rec Ctr, 9717 Lawndale Dr.
6:30 – 7:30
McKenney Hills – Carroll Knolls
Kohler Ct.
6:30-8:30pm
South Four Corners:
South Four Corners Neighborhood Park (renamed), 900 Forest Glen Road
7-8:00 pm
Violet Place (NEW)
812 Violet Place
6:30 – 8:30
Park Hills Driving Tour
6pm
H-SECTOR:
Hillandale Pool
915 Schindler
5-7pm
CASA Event
University Manor Apts., 828 University Blvd. E (playground)
5-8pm
Manchester Manor Apts.
8401 Manchester Rd. – rear parking lot
6-8pm
Hampshire West Apts.
1432 Hampshire West Ct. (pool area)
5-8pm
Sligo Branview (NEW)
9125 Eton Rd.
6-8pm
Northwood-Four Corners
Forest Knolls Pool, 11105 Foxglove Lane, Silver Spring
7-9pm
Clifton Park (NEW)
Montgomery Knolls Elementary School, 807 Daleview Dr.
7-8pm
I-SECTOR:
Calverton
Galway Elementary School, 12612 Galway Dr.
Walking Tour – 8:30pm
The Takoma park Police Department will be holding its own event.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
6 pm – 9 pm
Piney Branch Elementary School
7510 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD
The Takoma Police Department event is free, so bring your whole family and invite all your
friends! This year’s event will include informational brochures on
various safety topics and crime prevention, food, games, give-aways, and
more. There will be police vehicles on display, officers and their
horses from the Park Police mounted division, a canine demonstration,
child fingerprint kits & child fingerprinting, a moon bounce, face
painting, Kona Ice, food & ice cream… just to name a few! Did I mention
that the event is FREE?
2) Ban the Box legislation
See the following links on Ban the Box legislation introduced to the County Council on 7/15.
http://tinyurl.com/boxtalkpts and http://tinyurl.com/boxexplanation
As indicated previously, Safe Silver spring will be considering whether or not to support this legislation,
so please let us know your thoughts in the next couple of weeks. The Council packet can be seen at
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/COUNCIL/Resources/Files/bill/2014/20140715_4A.pdf
3) Other items of interest
a) Domestic Violence
Here is a powerful and violent video on domestic
violence and is not for everyone to see.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUAL6ie1ufc
The following link is to the Court Watch Montgomery power point presentation on children
in homes with intimate partner (domestic) violence and Circuit Court practices.
http://tinyurl.com/courtIPV
www.courtwatchmontgomery.org
b) Montgomery County jail’s jobs program to be national
model
http://www.gazette.net/article/20140729/NEWS/140729470/1123&template=gazette
c) The Annie E. Casey Foundation has just released the 25th edition of its “Kids Count”
data book, which measures the well-being of children nationwide across a variety of
health, economic, educational, and community measures. According to the report, the
2000s have seen major setbacks in children’s welfare across a wide spectrum of
indicators.
http://www.aecf.org/resources/the-2014-kids-count-data-book/
d) Video: “Why Youth Join Gangs”
This video presentation features gang researchers, practitioners, and young people who were
previously involved in gangs. Learn about research regarding gang joining, as well as firsthand
insights into the behaviors and the circumstances that you might observe when interacting with
youth who are at high risk of joining a gang.
http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Video
In the light of several recent gang events, this video has particular relevance.
Montgomery County shooting may have been gang-related
attack - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/montgomery-shooting-victim-may-have-been-victim-ofgang-related-attack/2014/07/31/39487f14-18ba-11e4-9e3b-7f2f110c6265_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz