Small town newspapers used to include columns of local police activity. These days it's done in some form of social media. The one from Bangor, Maine even has a following!

The author, Timothy Cotton, is a lieutenant there and he does the posts that are included in Got Warrants: Dispatches from the Dooryard. Cleverly written (try reading them out loud!), these are the 'lesser' type crimes ... the drunks, or a bar fight, or, um, relieving oneself in a public place. The more I read the better I liked this book so give it a chance ... soon you'll see what he does with his stories, and that is where the fun begins.

Not all ideas are good and not everything turns out the way it should have. Some fails are expected (or so you'd think), others are a surprise. Adam Douglas has collected many of them in Mega Fails: the Hilariously Funny Book of Humorous Blunders and Misadventures. You'll laugh, you'll shake your head, you'll roll your eyes ... ! :-)

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