Back in the bad old days of 2002, the City of Miami Police Department had some nasty habits: shooting dozens of people, beating suspects, ripping through the city on dangerous chases.City police averaged 80 shootings every year and killed 15 suspects -- most black and poor. Things got so bad that Mayor Manny Diaz asked the Justice Department to come in and tell the cops how to shape up. And voters overwhelmingly approved a new review board called the Civilian Investigative Panel. They crea
In January, Shirley Richardson got canned as executive director of the Civilian Investigative Panel, the voter-created group that polices the Miami Police Department.​According to panel members, she rarely showed up for work and was a terrible manager when she did. To top it off, Richardson demanded an 8 percent raise on top of her $168,000 annual salary and threw a fit when the group tried to take away her monthly $200 cell phone allowance and $800 car stipend. Well, City Manager Pete Hernand
