I was a small town cop for 5 years back in my youth. We had 4 full time officers and three part time. I was one of the part timers. We covered 17 square miles with a population of 11,000. We were also back up for the sheriff's department as were they for us. We also regularly dealt with the State Patrol and Game Wardens on many occasions.
We had the typical small time crime for the most part; vandalism, theft from auto, drunk driving, drugs, domestics, bar fights, etc. Serious crimes were more common than one would think, in the 5 years I was there we had two murders, 5 manslaughter cases, and a handful of shootings per year. The most interesting crimes were one in cooperation with U.S. Postal Inspectors involving possible child porn and evolving to drug distribution. The other notable case was a BDSM/dominatrix "establishment". It didn't run for long, not much is secret for long in a small town, but it did draw a few local notables.
