The agency declined to make Jones available for an interview, but he made his position clear in a statement emailed in June to current and former troopers. Jones III, has forcefully denounced the coins, calling some of the depictions and slogans “demeaning, disgusting and unbecoming of Maryland state troopers.” The state police superintendent, Col. Woodrow W. Now, disciplinary files obtained by The Baltimore Sun under Maryland’s public information law show state police have produced and circulated a series of questionable tokens in recent years, leading to at least four disciplinary actions since 2020. Officials said days later that a former state trooper was behind that coin. Maryland State Police made headlines this year for an offensive challenge coin - a small token collected and traded by some members of law enforcement and the military - with a graphic depiction of female genitalia and a message about being “offended.” Onlookers questioned what it said about the agency’s culture, and some suggested it was meant as a message for Black troopers.
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