Multiple Factors Influence Crime and Law Enforcement Changes

Editor's Note: "The Changing Cove" series, written by Herald Correspondent George Berkheimer, won second place in the 2019 Professional Keystone Press Awards.

Snapshots of years past from the Herald's 75, 100 and even 125 Years Ago features remind readers of the Morrisons Cove Herald that crime is nothing new here.

Tales of larceny, window peepers, burglary, arson, assault and even murder sometimes appear in the Years Ago columns, but are the exception rather than the norm.

Historically speaking, the most common crimes committed in the Cove are far less serious and have not changed substant...