http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3661986.stm
"A radical scheme to police some of India's worst slums by using slum dwellers as the main law enforcers is to be greatly extended in the city of Bombay (Mumbai).
The scheme, which recruits seven women and three men in each slum to work alongside an official police officer in a group known as a panchayat, has been highly successful so far in reducing crime. "
