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Wednesday, 10 April, 2002, 11:47 GMT 12:47 UK
Volunteers join crime fight
The St Paul's area will come under the spotlight
Local people are to become street wardens in Bristol to help the police fight crime and dealing with anti-social behaviour.
The scheme has received the backing of Bristol City Council. The volunteers, who live in the St Paul's area, will wear distinctive yellow sweatshirts during their walkabouts. They will patrol in pairs between 1000 BST and 2200 BST. Neil Vann, manager of the scheme in the St Paul's area, said: "It's an area that suffers from quite a lot of poor housing and high unemployment which is why this scheme was set up.
He said the wardens would visit schools, community groups and post offices on pension days. They will also visit elderly and vulnerable residents regularly.
'Suspicious behaviour' "I think it's important to say that the... scheme is totally new to Bristol and we do want it to be community-led. "We want to be responsive to what people want us to do," said Mr Vann. Councillor Diane Bunyan said: "This is about people having someone they can tell about suspicious behaviour in their neighbourhood. "Quite often these things go on and turn into crime, but this scheme can help stop things before they happen. "These people aren't police and they aren't a substitute for police."
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