In Our Opinion: Police reports offer many services to all sides

Education, entertainment and embarrassment.

Those are just three of many reasons that come to mind when pondering why the Cheney Free Press provides weekly police reports from West Plains' law enforcement agencies.

Some residents like the education they provide. Others enjoy a certain entertainment factor. And yet there are those who want to run for the shadows when – to their embarrassment – they appear in the section.

While there are numerous reasons why people either like or dislike the police reports, our primary reason is to provide a service to our readership. So we thought it a good tim...