Parents patrolling Kifissia neighborhoods

A snapshot from the group's patrol in he northern suburb of Kifissia.

In response to the increasing rate of juvenile delinquency in and around the northern Athens suburb of Kifissia, parents and concerned citizens have set up the "Kifissia Watch" group to help with police work every Friday and Saturday. 

"I would like to observe that the volume of gatherings has multiplied and as a result more people are required to participate. I believe it is worth spending two hours of our free time," the initiator of the initiative and father of two children, Kyros Asfis, wrote to the group after a recent incident-packed evening. 

"The likes are nice, but it's not enough! Maybe if instead of 95 likes you put 95 people on the street, the situation would be different?" wrote another member of the group.

The group has over 2,000 members, of whom 100 are the most active, but at most 15 people go out on the street at the same time. 

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