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Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 
Good and very necessary conversation. The Maryland State Police and Baltimore County criminal detectives/police continue to cover up the brutal murder of my son. It is appalling and unthinkable.
After their blatant perjury and misconduct they are often promoted and also made department heads of Internal Affairs.
This makes no sense and no one in
our government will do anything about it accept continue with the
corruption.
It is probably the 80/20 rule. Eighty
Percent of police are really good, honest and dedicated men and women. We need them of course,
everyday they put their lives on the line for us. But the other 20% are
No good and corrupt liars and even killers, even drug dealers.
Over my last 12 years of experiencing firsthand police corruption and so many types of misconduct it just sickens me, my family and everyone who knows my story.
Qualified Immunity for police must change. The policies are antiquated and give police a green light to do and act in any criminal way they please without ever being held accountable.
This is unacceptable and reform is
Imperative.
I know these people by name and they just continue on, ridicule me and laugh in our face.
It is demented and appalling.
I will never stop fighting for justice for my precious son.
Adrienne Miranda
Sent from my iPhone
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Your story is an important one to share. Good cops are empathic. They can walk in your shoes. As to the 80/20 rule, I have found that it is really a 95/5 rule. Most cops go out to do the best they can in sometimes trying circumstances. But they hold an honorable vision. The problem that confronts us today about police corruption is that the 95% is often silent about what the 5% does. They don’t operate unethically, but fail to stand up when they see others tarnishing the badge. Hear what my colleague Retired Sergeant Mike Quinn has to say about this:
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