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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