The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-03-20
IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHOULD BE CANCELLED OUT

The time has come for the officials of County
wake up get the ball and regain the self respect they
ought to have so far as law safety prop
cannot be said that there has been any
change or in law methods in Dare
County the past 25 years. Yet in this time the property
investment increased dozen fold newcomers visit the
h the hundreds of thousands each year. all this
has come three fourhs of total tax income the
benefits of which are enjoyed by all the people
The responsibility safety for these people and
protection for the property which gives most of what
have in Dare County rests primarily with the Board OF
County commissioners 1t is foolish to crcse the Sheriff
for lack of facilities and lack of adequate when the
who have the responsibility of making appropriations
have also the responsibility of seeing the peoples money
is wisely spent be used in the employment of ade
quate police personnel who will reflect credit on their en-
poyer the people of Dare County and restore the
confidence and respect lacking visitors
Today, in this newspaper, is complaint made by non
resident property owner of Dare County wanda
sm heavy robbery of his fine beach home in Atlantic
Township been many such but almost all
of them fail to be solved defendants never brought into
court nor made to pay the penalty
Despite the fact that Dare County pouring out some
$4,000 year for special officers to help the sheriff solve
ude experience training essential to efficient pursuit
of the calling of police officer Some of them lacking in
other things While drawing the countys money every
month"; at least three them delinquent taxes of
up collections to pay for chdrens lunches school,
while with income of $4,000 year from the county, he
bnss m e stores and hen semerae
the cause of ridicule to the county
If the Sheriff chooses to employ of this type be-
has told ito do by politician who has
his to grind is seeking somthing for himself
that still doesn't justify the injustice done the citizens and
taxpayers of the county, is the duty of the County Com
mssioners to withdraw the appropriation until competent
person hired is CALLING to the average citizen to rise be-
fore day. toll and struggle through rough weather to
support incidence waste and policies that drive
away the people need to here and build up our
communities
Now with all this outlay of $4,000 year, could
have competent and respected service from qualified
who trained and experienced the pursuit of detective
work in the knowledge of obtaining evidence in the alert
which is sometimes most important of all police ari
butes the kind that foresees foresa and keeps crime
from happening
This serious matter Think of it. In all the entire
beach of Dare County which has $90OO0O in proper
four fths of the countys total valuation there is
not employed single resident police officer All of them
live in the which have the onefifth of valuation
where there is local homogeneous and gregaous popula
ton barely needing protection In the 80 miles of
front which pays 80 cents of every dollar the people of
Dare County enjoy in taxes and where the most of the prop
ery lies unguard and unmatched for the greater part of
the year. Dare County provides nothngnohing, while al
lowing incompetent and goldbrickers up the
ey and seldom on the job.
Clearly this is serious matter. 1t is the prime duty
and responsibility of the Board of Commissioners that
sembance of justice worked out of such SHAMELESS
they continue to neglect to provide this justice for prop
erty and visitors essential to livelihood then
they not good those officials who have allowed the
present situation to into being and they bet
ter than of the several have who claim
they officers and laugh at the tax collector when they
take the S12 900 the Stupidy Smelling