Can you just reset really
quickly and how are you feeling?
Sure. Obviously, I mean, as, as
you all know, there's not a
lot of facts on the scene.
The officer has been
transported to the hospital.
Everybody's thinking of the
officer and their families.
He's very much in our thoughts
and prayers right now.
And it's just a certainly a, you know,
a reminder of the sacrifices that
our police put in every single day,
keeping our community safe.
This is one of the safest communities
in the country and everybody should be,
I think, thinking of the officer
and his family and being grateful.
To our our police at such a difficult
time. Not that this, you know,
this can happen anywhere at anytime.
Absolutely other safety measures
that the the county may consider or
Council may consider going forward.
I I think it's premature for that.
As far as policy changes go,
I think we need to get all the
facts of this this situation
before we can decide what, what.
And talking back at the expectation
is that you know those are
manhunt going on right now
but we don't know what places are are
being told to stay put or not come out.
Businesses, schools, things like that.
How how serious is that
means a serious situation.
How do you handle something like
that. Well I'm I'm going to defer
to the the police PIO and and
Chief Jones as far as the the
public safety announcements here
they're you know they're they're making
those calls in real time. Tom what
were you doing this morning.
I know I was preparing for our 9:00 AM
editorial meeting when I got a text.
Getting me off to this,
what were you doing? And you know,
what was your initial thought
and why come down to the scene?
Oh well, I was headed to Rockville
for our Public Safety Committee
hearing and got there and and pretty
quickly turned around and came
back here once I found out what the
circumstances were in Silver Spring.
You know, the police aren't
identifying this officer.
I don't know your sources.
If you know who the officer
is and if you have a personal
relationship with him,
there's nothing more.
I know now that that I can say I'm good,
you know, in touch with them and and
there's a lot more facts coming out,
but there's nothing I have now.
As a Council member for for this area.
It can be easier to see your district,
your your, your coverage area
going through this right now. No,
no, it's it's, it's it's very very troubling.
It's, you know, it's a reminder.
I was there the night the flower branch
had the explosion and the tragedy there.
We, you know, it's a it's a wonderful
community and I think the best community
in the whole area and it's it's the
whole community is going to be suffering.
When you have an event like this,
it's going to be on everybody's
mind for a long time. What
is the message that you send
to whoever did this? Pardon me.
What is the message that you
sent to whoever did this?
Well, we don't. I don't think
we know any of the facts yet.
So I don't think I have a message about that.
We'll find out more very soon, hopefully.
This office has a visceral
reaction to what's going on.
Is there any of the political things
that are going through about the
police that make you think twice
about any of the elements? I'm
not sure what you mean. No,
I mean well, I think we have
to get the factory Commission.
You've got some other things
that the left Commission.
It makes you think twice about any of
the elements of those legislations.
No, I think this community is
very supportive of our police.
We have an outstanding police force.
They're very highly trained and well
compensated and highly performing.
And you know, we'll,
we'll wait and get the,
the facts of this case,
but we're very, very supportive.
Our police and everybody
in the Community should
be live on the air right now.
I just want to ask one question now
while we are this is your district.
Just, you know, viewers that are
tuning in right now on our our air.
What do you say to your constituents
who are waking up in and hearing
about this unsettling news?
I think everybody just needs to should take
a deep breath and let the facts come out.
We don't know all of them yet.
It's you know it's a reminder that
there's there's always risk out
there that our police when they sign
up for this job they they put in an
enormous amount of sacrifice and
put their lives on the line and put
their families put up with enormous
amount of sacrifice as well.
And that we should be supportive.
But I don't think there's anything.
I think we all should just keep them in
our in our thoughts and prayers right
now as we're getting more information.
Thank you know thank you.
Thank you. Thank you. Councilman.
Your first and last name is
Tom Hucker. Present Silver Spring
on the Montgomery County Council.
Could you say it again, please?
Tom Hucker, I represent Silver Spring
on the Montgomery County Council.
So yeah, so we just heard from the Council
Member in this area, Council Member Tom.