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Atlanta Mayor Reed, AUC leaders to unveil campus security improvements

Atlanta: Clark Atlanta University police keep an eye on student pedestrian traffic along James P. Brawley Drive at Parsons Street in November 2015 after several women, including some students, reported being robbed at gunpoint and pepper sprayed over the weekend on or near Clark Atlanta University’s campus. Clark Atlanta police increased patrols, and an alert was sent to students. AJC File Photo.

Credit: JOHN SPINK / AJC

Credit: JOHN SPINK / AJC

Atlanta: Clark Atlanta University police keep an eye on student pedestrian traffic along James P. Brawley Drive at Parsons Street in November 2015 after several women, including some students, reported being robbed at gunpoint and pepper sprayed over the weekend on or near Clark Atlanta University’s campus. Clark Atlanta police increased patrols, and an alert was sent to students. AJC File Photo.
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Jan 23, 2017

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, the presidents of Atlanta’s historically-black colleges and universities and others have enacted security measures they hope will improve campus safety.

The officials have scheduled a news conference Tuesday morning to discuss changes that include nearly three dozen video cameras and five license plate readers.

The $700,000 project was funded by the city and the schools - Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine and Spelman College.

“Our partnership positions the Atlanta University Center as a safer environment not only for our students but for those who work and live on our campuses and in our neighboring communities,” said Morehouse president John S. Wilson, chair of the AUC’s Council of Presidents.

Last year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution took an in-depth look at crime on college campuses. Here's the report.

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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.

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