Keeping Downtown Safe and Checking IDs for Pizza

Both the police department and multiple downtown associations are working to keep Center City Park safe. That’s after a man got attacked last weekend.

The attack happened when a large group of teenagers got together and it turned violent. Police said the groups have gathered for the past several weekends. As many as 400 people, mostly younger than 30, have gathered once the message spread through social media.

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Downtown Greensboro, inc. will play symphony music in Center City Park this weekend in an effort to keep the park peaceful. The group will also double the number of security cameras from five to ten (but that was already in the works). They will also add more programs and events to attract crowds that don’t typically cause problems.

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Some local businesses throughout the downtown are also putting new policies in place to keep teenagers under control. They’re asking young people for ID after 11 p.m. before they can buy anything. That’s when the downtown curfew beings for anyone unsupervised and less than 18 years old.

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Workers say police visited the restaurant a few days ago and reminded them about the city’s curfew law.

Now they start checking people’s IDs after 11 p.m.

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Across the street, a sub shop adopted the same policy after staff say they also got a visit from the police.

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The goal is to discourage kids from hanging out downtown after curfew. Staff members actually don’t mind asking for an ID if it keeps them and their customers safer.

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