District 1 Council Member Andrew Friedson held a town hall focused on public safety issues with Chief of Police Marcus Jones and police Commander Sean Gagen on July 27, 2022.
Property crimes remain the most frequent public safety challenge, with increases in burglaries and auto thefts. As Lt. Hackley of the Montgomery County Police-Bethesda District noted at our the Town of Somerset’s April town forum on public safety, our police district (which includes Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and adjacent areas) has not seen the same increase in violent crime that the County as a whole has experienced
