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SUPERVISOR Clarence Baldwin was not impressed. “How do you account for the fact that the population of this county has been decreasing over the past 20 years but the crime rate has been going up? Are we getting a sorrier class of people coming in, or what?”
Supervisor H.B. Wood said the same point impressed him, too.
“I don’t understand it,” admitted Baldwin.
“The truth is, the job wasn’t done properly,” replied Sheriff Buntin, “plus the fact that times have changed. People used to be willing to work (for the department) seven days a week, 10-12 hours, and they won’t do that anymore. We just can’t keep up...”
Commonwealth’s Attorney George Davis agreed with Buntin that “there’s been a lot of big changes in the past 20 years.” He also thought that “a large percentage of the criminals in this county are from other counties. With roads and cars it’s easy for them to come in, and they come in from other counties because they figure we’ll be less able to apprehend them here.”
Commenting on Buntin’s report on break-ins and larcenies, Davis said such crimes occurring at the rate of one-a-day “is about 28 too many.”
“But we can go down the road without getting mugged,” said H.B. Wood.
“Larceny is the biggest crime here,” said the Sheriff. “Almost every weekend place in the county has been broken into two or three times.
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