Looking for signs of trouble
Homewood's state-of-the-art security center now fully operational

In the dispatch center: Cheryl Sealy, foreground, on dispatch; and security systems manager Martin Beachamp with Cerlisteen Vice, working on cameras.

Down on Remington Avenue, the good guys are watching out for you around the clock.
   On June 1, the university went live with its new Homewood Communications Center, a state-of-the-art facility that allows its 14-person staff to maintain a constant vigil over the campus, primarily through a "smart" closed-circuit TV system that alerts operators when it spots suspicious activity.
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