In Berkeley, CA (where else?) they are moving ahead with a plan to employ non-armed civilians (NAC's) to enforce traffic laws. I suppose it will work this way: From a loudspeaker, the NAC will politely ask the speeding, possibly impaired driver to pull into a safe place so that your infraction may be handled in a quick, impartial and friendly manner at little inconvenience to the driver. Apologizing for stopping you, the NAC will ask you for your driver's license. You have the option of showing it... if you have one... or refusing. If you refuse, the NAC will again apologize for your inconvenience, tell you to "Have a good day" and let you go on your way. If the driver has a back seat full of drugs, or a young woman who is bound, gagged or bleeding, the NAC will quickly get on the radio and ask for a police officer's help. If the driver produces a firearm, the NAC is trained to run away and call for a police officer. If the driver shoots the NAC, other NAC's will respond, assess the situation and call for a police officer. If the driver refuses to stop and is going at a dangerously high rate of speed, the NAC is trained not to pursue but will call for a police officer. You get the idea. I think it's a super idea! Hire what amounts to a "meter-maid" at minimum salary to replace a significant number of police officers. Give them minimal, thus less expensive training and put them in harm's way. I'm sure that will be a benefit to the public! Another level of bureaucracy, greater burdens on your tax dollars, more crime to be investigated and more deaths and injuries. Ultimate solution? Hire more NACs, extensively train them to handle all potential issues, arm them and give them arrest powers, but don't call them "police officers" because that's offensive!