The total spent by councils on CCTV cameras in the UK over the last four years, is more than half a billion pounds - North East councils spent 17 million pounds.

Sunderland spent just over 793 thousand pounds - but that only makes them 204th in the table of spenders.

Redcar and Cleveland council came top in our region.

Big Brother Watch says the same money would have paid for 4-thousand extra police officers.