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Shielded Security begins assisting with Oxford gameday traffic

Shielded Security began assisting with gameday traffic on the Oxford Square at 11 a.m., according to the City of Oxford.

The team will be on-site from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every Friday and Saturday of home game weekends. Its work will include helping pedestrian and vehicle traffic flow safely and smoothly.

Security personnel will wear bright orange vests and polos and be stationed along the area from YaYas to the 4-corners Chevron.

Source: City of Oxford.

Jon Myers

Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."