The term 'encroachment' means – according to a Google definition – to 'intrude upon a person's personal territory or right.'

A midnight shift Stockard Creek police officer – the end in sight of the latest twelve-hour foray overnight – was the first person to notice that first level of encroachment. He had parked on the southeast part of the town limits and got out to pee and smoke his final cigarette before heading back into the department, when he saw them. Emerging from ...