When 25-year-old LaMonte Cooke, a Philadelphian, joined the Kent County Sheriff’s Office in 1975, the entire seven-man force was white. “The day I interviewed for the deputy’s job with Sheriff Bartus Vickers, he had four questions for me. He wanted to know if I voted, what my party affiliation was, how well I got along…
Month: June 2020
Salem County Crime Wave Creates Road Camp
Salem County was mainly a quiet, idyllic area in rural South Jersey, in the late 19th century. As the last twenty years of that serene era slipped by and the dawn of a new, bustling century neared, the pace was slow and steady. In this fine agricultural district on the Delaware River just above the…