Why Energy Boomtowns Are a Nightmare for Law Enforcement - Mike Riggs - The Atlantic Cities

Why Energy Boomtowns Are a Nightmare for Law Enforcement - Mike Riggs - The Atlantic Cities: The issues officers shared with Archbold ranged from a dramatic increase in alcohol-related violence ("Ninety percent of the problems we deal with involve alcohol," one officer said), to an inability to balance emergency calls with proactive community policing ("I used to know people. I used to know their vehicles. I no longer know people or their vehicles," said another officer.) Here are some of the biggest problems police shared with Archbold.