Thursday, February 17, 2005

Sleeping with the enemy

What's your definition of a Good Citizen? I think we know what the cops in Gulf Breeze, Florida, think...
GULF BREEZE, Florida (AP) -- To slow traffic and deter reckless driving, a Pensacola suburb is putting homemakers, business people and retirees behind the wheel of police cars to serve as decoys.

The volunteers can't write tickets or make arrests, but the program, begun last week with 10 volunteers, lets police increase visibility without expanding the 19-member department. ...

The volunteers carry no firearms, but they can radio for a police officer for serious violations, jot down license numbers of traffic offenders, and aid crash victims. ...

The International Association of Chiefs of Police is looking at the inexpensive program, whose cost is mostly limited to fuel, as a possible national model...
Good little soldiers.

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