Checked Out Ok | Corwin Ericson
Literary Nonfiction. Police Log. CHECKED OUT OK is a collection of over 300 actual police log items from several small towns in Western Massachusetts, compiled by Ericson, and indexed into such categories as "Puzzlement, Tremendous Social Events," "Suspicion, Delusion, a Squirrel Acting Oddly," and "Gone when Police Got There."8:57 a.m. A fox eating rabbits on Sunset Avenue checked out OK.9:55 a.m. A Rolling Green Drive resident told police that his girlfriend has been receiving poems at her Hadley workplace from a 60-year-old-man. Amherst police advised the man to contact Hadley police about the problem.12:51 a.m. Police assisted people who were observing the salamanders crossing Henry Street."