School pupils issue fake parking tickets to tackle pollution
by Helen Pidd North of England editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#491TX)
Tameside head came up with idea after noticing increase in asthma among children
Primary school pupils in Greater Manchester have started patrolling the streets outside their schools as uniformed "junior" police officers, issuing fake parking tickets to parents parked on the pavement or sitting with their engines running.
The junior PCSOs (police community safety officers) were the brainchild of Steve Marsland, the headteacher of Russell Scott primary in Denton in Tameside, after he noticed a huge increase in the number of children with asthma. Eighteen months ago, he started to use an inhaler after having trouble breathing dangerously polluted air.
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