Silver Spring Police Substation Closes

The police satellite station—located at 8505 Piney Branch Rd.—is set to close at the end of June.

“The satellite facility in Piney Branch will be closed effective June 29, 2012 as the lease expense funds are not funded in the next fiscal year beginning July 1 2012, Sandra Batterdenanager of Capital Development and Facilities said.

The Piney Branch Satellite station is one of three scheduled to close including the Olney and East County stations.

The total cost of running the Piney Branch satellite facility is about $49,000, including leasing the space and office expenditures, Edmond Piesen, a senior analyst in the Office of Management and Budget.

The station was originally used as a location for officers to file reports, but with today’s technology officers can do this type of work from their cruisers.

However, this change won't have a negative impact on the officers in the Silver Spring area, according to Montgomery County Police spokesman Captain Paul Starks.

"It will not impact the number of officers patrolling [the Silver Spring] area. There will not be any changes, " Starks said.