Security cameras are to be installed on a day centre in Ardoyne, a move backed by the First and Deputy First Ministers, the Chief Constable and the Northern Ireland Office.
They will be installed at the Everton centre on a temporary basis, but Sir Ronnie Flanagan has called for a permanent CCTV system to monitor Ardoyne Road.
A Northern Ireland Office spokesman told The Irish Times last night that a permanent monitoring system was expected to be put in place.
The move was announced by the Security Minister, Ms Jane Kennedy, and welcomed by loyalist residents. More security was needed, they said. The plans were approved last November following the ending of the loyalist Holy Cross school protest.
Ms Kennedy witnessed Thursday night's violence at first hand, having toured the area in a police Land-Rover. The vehicle came under sustained petrol-bomb attack.
Yesterday she denounced the violence as mindless thuggery carried out by youths on both sides. She said she was "sick and tired" of communities blaming each other for violence.
The CCTV system will enable police to respond rapidly to any potentially volatile situation in the area's tight network of streets where loyalists and nationalists live within a few metres of each other.
It is thought this week's violence was started by an argument between two women over a memorial to a Protestant man who was shot dead.
The situation quickly got out of control. It is this type of local incident that police are anxious to deal with quickly.
The North Belfast MP, Mr Nigel Dodds, also approved of plans to monitor the area. He met the Assistant Chief Constable, Mr Alan McQuillan, for talks about the riots which have scarred the area since Wednesday.
Children at Holy Cross school and others which closed because of the violence returned to classes yesterday.
There was no resumption of the protest on Ardoyne Road by loyalist residents of Glenbryn.
Despite yesterday morning's rain, some children walked with their parents amid the clear-up operation following two nights of serious rioting which left more than 80 police officers and soldiers injured.
One was injured by an acid-bomb. Eleven people have been arrested.
Children returned home yesterday afternoon amid relative calm although there were isolated minor scuffles.
Community leaders on both sides said the peace reflected a widespread desire for stability.
A senior Police Service officer said: "Maybe this could be a turning point, and everyone realises the need for calm.
"There is still the potential for more trouble, but at least we have been given some sort of breathing space."
The North's Education Minister called for support for teachers and all involved in the area's schools.
Mr Martin McGuinness said: "I would appeal to everybody, but specifically to community leaders, to leaders of political parties and all politicians, to weigh in behind our education community to give them the vital support that they need."
He said teachers' jobs had been made more difficult by what he called "the disgraceful scenes" of the past week.
Paul Tanney adds:
The first recruits to the Police Service of Northern Ireland will be attested as constables by April 5th, and the new insignia must be in place by then.
The badge will be displayed at police stations, on vehicles and on stationery, including warrant cards.
The uniform and badges of rank, which are expected to be similar in style and colour to what is currently worn, will also come into use on April 5th.