Quote:PC CRANE ATTEMPTS TO CENSOR WHITBY GAZETTE


PC Crane, who has been constable in Whitby for several years now and who is under increasing attack from the public because of his ineffectual approach to the town’s problems and lack of resolve, has tried to silence the local newspaper. The Whitby Gazette has been writing on the constable’s failing efforts and the public’s growing frustration, in response to which PC Crane has tried to intimidate one of the reporters.

When leaving the office one night last week, the reporter found the bellicose constable waiting for him outside. Crane threatened that bad things would happen if the newspaper would not stop writing critical articles about him, and although the reporter made it clear that he would not stand for this kind of intimidation, the constable refused to leave him alone for a while. Apparently, while PC Crane does not have time to take on the town’s criminals, he does manage to make time to intimidate those who oppose him.

Meanwhile it seems that the constable’s inaptitude has come to the attention of his superiors, for a new constable has arrived in town to assist him. Judging from the fact that several arrests were made within the first 24 hours of the new constable’s arrival, it seems that Whitby might finally become a safe place again.