CAMPUS cameras are being monitored by police in a pioneering link-up to tighten security.
The majority of the 38 CCTV cameras at Sunderland University sites have been connected to a Northumbria Police station in the city.
The initiative, the first of its kind in the country, means that images from the cameras are monitored 24-hours a day by both police and university security staff.
Head of university security Bill Brown said: "This CCTV initiative is a major step forward for us."
He said the introduction of CCTV had already helped bring a 65 per cent reduction in crime on the campus since 1996
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