Drop That Clam!

The following disturbing item from our local police blotter suggests that not only is Big Brother watching us on every street corner of every major city in America, but also here in so-called Vacationland:

5/19 at 11:24 AM: Edward W. Smith, 65, of Litchfield, was issued a summons on Winslow Park Way by officer Tom Kay on a charge of catching undersized clams.

One wonders how this crime was discovered. Was the officer driving by and casually glancing out his patrol car window when he spied the nefarious activity, thinking, "Hmm, those clams look mighty small?" Or was it perhaps the result of someone with an axe to grind tipping off the cops with an anonymous phone call saying, "Check out what's going down on Winslow Park Way right now?"

These days you just can't be too careful.