{"id":7230,"date":"2024-11-04T16:32:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T16:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=7230"},"modified":"2024-11-04T16:32:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T16:32:04","slug":"local-law-enforcement-talks-increased-police-presence-ahead-of-homecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/11\/04\/local-law-enforcement-talks-increased-police-presence-ahead-of-homecoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Local law enforcement talks increased police presence ahead of homecoming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/10\/30\/what-to-know-about-troy-football-gameday-homecoming-2024\/\">Homecoming<\/a> at Troy University is a day alumni and current students can celebrate &#8220;the school we love,&#8221; but it also causing local law enforcement agencies to increase their presence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.troyal.gov\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Troy Police Department<\/a> (TPD) released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.troymessenger.com\/2024\/10\/28\/tpd-plans-to-increase-presence-during-troy-university-homecoming\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGQdHtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHR7RNyPMTCMhndggH3GlS2M3chBFmZOsFbao5ReU5qVvEJOC1wOBFVNdKg_aem_CZIOus5_bxQkmevtWHYmDA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> asking people to plan ahead and to obey all traffic laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We just ask people to be patient,&#8221; Barron said. &#8220;We want people to make sure they plan ahead.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.troy.edu\/student-life-resources\/groups-organizations\/student-government-association\/troy-sga\/homecoming.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE to see the full 2024 Homecoming schedule.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement also said to expect road blockages due to the Band Party on Friday night, and the Homecoming Parade on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You may find road blockages and things like that but officers will be at those posts and they will help you get to where you need to go,&#8221; Barron said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In light of a shooting that took place a few weeks ago after a football game, Barron has a message to visitors who may be planning to cause trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Any attempts to disrupt the festivities or engage in criminal behavior will not be tolerated. We&#8217;re going to have plenty of people out Friday night, Saturday, the night of Homecoming.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, TPD&#8217;s goal is for everyone to have a safe and fun Homecoming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 Homecoming at Troy University is a day alumni and current students can celebrate &#8220;the school we love,&#8221; but it also causing local law enforcement agencies to increase their presence. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the Troy Police Department (TPD) released a statement asking people to plan ahead and to obey all traffic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a-button\" href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/11\/04\/local-law-enforcement-talks-increased-police-presence-ahead-of-homecoming\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":7277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1125],"tags":[262,1736,1827,771,1168,1542,51,1597,45,1954,1090],"topics":[1588],"class_list":["post-7230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-city-of-troy","tag-danny-barron","tag-danny-barron-troy","tag-homecoming","tag-safety","tag-tpd","tag-troy","tag-troy-police-department","tag-troy-university","tag-troy-university-homecoming-2024","tag-tupd","topics-local-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7230"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7276,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7230\/revisions\/7276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7230"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=7230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}