Cash-strapped Shaoyang, a city in southeast China, has redirected the energy of busybody seniors by making them minor-infraction police who get a cut of the fines.  Result: An untrained policing mob with zero sense of discretion whose neighbors are afraid to venture out.  Coming soon to a bankrupt city near you? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/world/asia/chinese-city-gives-retirees-license-to-ticket.html?smid=pl-share