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Monday, May 18, 2009

Town Halls Hire Citizen Snoopers as Young as SEVEN to Spy on Neighbours and Report Wrongs

Children as young as seven are being recruited by councils to act as 'citizen snoopers', the Daily Mail can reveal.
The 'environment volunteers' will report on litter louts, noisy neighbours - and even families putting their rubbish out on the wrong day.
There are currently almost 9,000 people signed up to the schemes. More are likely to be recruited in the coming months.
Controversially, some councils are running 'junior' schemes which are recruiting children.

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1 comment:

  1. Lurk around fast food joints kids theres your litter problem especially McDonalds,
    their customers would leave a trail of litter
    almost to their front doors and it will most definately be young people.
    Another area to snoop would be in the vicinity of a school....isn't this where they should be snooping council?

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