POLICE helped launch a Pubwatch scheme at the region's biggest shopping centre.
Officers at Gateshead West Area Command, based at the MetroCentre, working with Capital Shopping Centres, have introduced a scheme for the complex's four pubs.
Sergeant Alan Parks, who heads the centre's police unit, said: " This scheme will operate along the same lines as the safer shopping scheme and will make the pubs here no-go areas for any troublemakers."
Ron Woodman, MetroCentre general manager, said: "Incidents involving troublemakers are very rare in MetroCentre licensed premises.
"The Pubwatch scheme will ensure that any potential problems can be identified and dealt with quickly."
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