Wear a reflective vest, puts a cap in his hand and take the target. The patrol on the road crossing at schools helps out in Malta Boleslaw volunteers from the ranks of the elderly. "Currently, we have here a dozen seniors who cover crossings near schools, and we are more than satisfied with them," said the deputy director of the municipal police officers from Malta Boleslaw Andrej Kabala. Seven-thirty in the morning at the crossings near schools rods silhouettes officers in this city that stands seniors. Lead those to various reasons need to be bored in retirement. In Malta Boleslaw cooperation with the senior volunteers worked. In a similar way would want to put too Liberec, which is looking for volunteers from the ranks of active seniors who would keep an eye on crosswalks. Not everywhere but we managed to actually implement the idea. The intention Turnover ended in a fiasco. "Unfortunately, we only got one senior and even that at the end of the retreat," said Mayor Tomas Turnover Hocked (independent unit).
Sense of responsibility, seniors is reluctant.
Liberec seniors know that supervising children when crossing the street is fun. "We are facing one crucial thing, and it is their responsibility because seniors are aware of the many risks that this involves," said the director of a community center in Liberec Contact Michael Duffel. Seniors would in any case did not go straight to the ground. Each volunteer waits training first, then they can go through the transition, and so far, accompanied by a police officer with reflective uniform. After gaining the necessary experience they would control the operation themselves. So far, four candidates managed to get a bailout. "One must somehow integrate into public life," said one of the volunteers Zdeněk Samek. In Liberec, they would like to put together at least ten volunteers. At crossings in front of schools, the new patrol vests with reflective tapes could occur in early September.
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