1.0Dominica News Onlinehttps://dominicanewsonline.com/newsAdminhttps://dominicanewsonline.com/news/author/rsanford/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8Fj1z1Ls9i"><a href="https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/features/commentary/commentary-the-rural-constables/">COMMENTARY: The Rural Constables</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/features/commentary/commentary-the-rural-constables/embed/#?secret=8Fj1z1Ls9i" width="600" height="338" title="“COMMENTARY: The Rural Constables” — Dominica News Online" data-secret="8Fj1z1Ls9i" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rurual-constable.jpg344391Rural constables (called conestabs in patois) were noble and dignified men who hailed from the hills and valleys of Dominica. They were simple but important figures of authority and law enforcement in the rural areas. They played a vital and...