Neighborhood Vigilantes no more...

[Ryan]

Now theres no need to "take the law into your own hands." You can now legally do it.

(Oxford-AP) -- Police in the southwest Ohio city of Oxford say they will start training civilian residents to write parking tickets.

Sergeant Jim Squance says residents will have to complete a nine-week Citizens Police Academy as well as additional training in parking enforcement. He says volunteers only will write tickets for residential violations, such as blocking a driveway.

Squance says although more people will be writing tickets, he doesn't expect an overall increase in the number of tickets issued. He says if there's a problem with overzealous ticket writers, it will be stopped quickly.

[Chacal]

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