Liberty police officers Ray Buhala, left, and Robert Altier, right, …

Photo by William D. Lewis | published: October 9, 2011

Liberty police officers Ray Buhala, left, and Robert Altier, right, inspect a vacant apartment building in the southern part of the township. As the township evolves from a rural to an urban setting, police are forced to fight a change in the types of crimes with a dwindling police force.