This is Nevada country. And they're cops. Cow cops. They ride the range fighting a never-ending battle for livestock clues, justice and the bovine way. Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to read is true.
From High Country News:
In August, cow cops Justin Ely, 30, and Blaine Northrop, 63, met with a deputy at the sheriff's office in Elko. The three officers, who planned to spend the day searching for clues at the Maggie Creek and Heguy ranches, north of I-80, conferred on what they knew: Most of the shootings had happened in remote areas that might take an hour to drive to on one of the long dirt roads that divide the properties. They also thought about what they didn't know: Who did it, when and why. When the officers left on horseback, it was a dry morning looking to be a hot day.
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