GREENSBORO, N.C. — As The Greatest Homecoming on Earth continues all week, keeping students and staff safe is a top priority for the NC A&T Police Department in light of recent events on campus.
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Police Chief Jermaine Cherry shares ways both students and staff can stay safe during Homecoming.
Cherry recommends traveling in groups, having your phone in hand, and making sure you are aware of your surroundings.
Cherry shared the latest ways the Police Department at NC A&T is improving how to keep students and staff safe. Recently, the department got a drone. The drone is used in many ways by putting it up in the air and giving officers eyes in the sky where they are able to see the entire campus plus students and staff.
Another way the department is keeping students and staff safe is with the license plate reader technology.
The license plate reader technology uses the front camera to get the year, make, model, and color of vehicles on campus. Cherry says this tool has helped to assist and locate missing persons and children. This same type of technology is used throughout Greensboro with the Greensboro Police Department.
See what's ahead during this week's Greatest Homecoming on Earth!
Homecoming Parade
Murrow Blvd. North and Southbound from West Friendly Avenue to Fisher Avenue.
Elm Street between Lindsay Street and Bessemer Avenue will be closed for the Homecoming Parade at 5 a.m.
The parade will start at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4, at East Lindsay Street/Murrow Blvd.
Homecoming Football Game
The following streets will be closed Saturday, Nov. 4 from 6 a.m. – 9 p.m.:
Sullivan Street, from Benbow to Lindsay
Lindsay Street, from Murrow to Headquarters Drive
Meet Me at the Plots (Williams Dining Hall and Alma Murrow
Circle-Lot 1)*
- University Circle at Dudley Street will be closed Saturday, Nov. 4 from 11 a.m. until 4 a.m.
- University Circle at Bluford Street will be closed Saturday, Nov. 4 at 11 a.m.
- Alma Morrow Circle at Nocho Street will be closed to traffic Friday, Nov. 3 at 6 p.m. – Sunday, Nov. 5, at 4 a.m. (only those who are loading in for Saturday, will be permitted into the area, and no parking will be permitted)
- Nocho Street at Arthur Headen Drive will be closed Friday, Nov. 3 at 6:00 p.m. – Sunday, Nov. 3 at 4 a.m.
- Market Street & Nocho Street Gate will remain locked Saturday, Nov. 4, at 4 a.m. - Sunday, Nov. 5
*No Vehicular Traffic will be allowed into the Plots Area
Game Day Shuttle Service
Shuttle services will be provided on Game Day. The stops are near Lot 12 (Dowdy Rear), Lot 17 (Alumni-Foundation Event Center), Parking Deck, and Lot 42 (near the Deck).
Shuttle service will begin at 11:00 a.m., and the Courtesy Shuttle/Golf Cart service for persons with disabilities will start at 10:30 a.m. Both services will run until 2 hours after the game ends.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Campus street closures - Call the University Police
Department at 336-334-7675
Parking in the decks/lots - Call University
Parking Services at 336-285-2027
City-wide Homecoming traffic patterns
Call Greensboro Police Department at 336-373-2222.
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