Four universities agree to campus security

Four major universities have so far agreed to accept a protection team that will help stamp out chronic lawlessness at the country's campuses.

The teams will be introduced in the University of Athens, the National Technical University of Athens, the Athens University of Economics and Business and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), while the University of Patras may also join the list.

The so-called University Institutions Protection Team (OPPI) will have police powers, receive special training and wear a special uniform. Its officers will patrol the premises of the institution and alert police in case of violence, from where they will receive instructions on how to act.

Kathimerini understands that the leadership of the Ministry of Education is adamant that the members of the OPPI should answer to the Hellenic Police (ELAS) and the Ministry of...