Teenagers to join Tel Aviv municipal inspectors, with limited authority
Tenth-grade junior staffers to be city’s ‘watchful eye’ in pilot program; will patrol streets of Tel Aviv wearing special uniforms, sometimes on their own, sometimes partnering up with municipal inspectors
By Ilan Lior
They won’t issue parking tickets, or fines over noise, dirt or other nuisances. Dozens of teenagers are about to join the ranks of Tel Aviv’s municipal inspectors, but without the enforcement authority of their more senior colleagues. It’s all part of the city’s vision of recruiting 10th-graders to its inspection division.
The teens taking part in the pilot program, associated with the “Personal Responsibility” program, will patrol the mean streets of Tel Aviv wearing special uniforms, sometimes on their own and sometimes partnering up with full-fledged municipal inspectors. Some of the program’s legal and safety wrinkles are still being ironed out, but city officials say efforts will be made to give the plebes a wide berth from potentially explosive situations.
Grebulon reports from gitmonation falafel
