Fairfax County police officer transitions from detective to viral video creator

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When Ingrid Palencia decided that she wanted to try something new within the Fairfax County Police Department, she had not realized that her next chance would involve spending time doing something she had almost never done before: reading negative news compulsively on the internet. As part of the Northern Virginia Police Department’s public information team, Palencia attends media consultations and, at times, attends crime scenes. She writes art…