Citizen Parking Ticket Writers

(Oxford, Ohio) To ease the workload of the Oxford Police Department, the city council has approved a measure allowing citizens to issue parking tickets. According to OPD Sgt. Jim Squance, the citizens will receive training and

"This is designed to free up officers and increase public safety," he said. "The volunteers are under direct supervision of the police chief. If there is a problem with overzealous ticket writers it will be weeded out quickly."

It's rumored that a citizen complaint writer group is forming just in case there is a need to counter unauthorized zeal.