Heavily armed police officers dressed in combat gear today are ringing homes at a west Athens public housing project.
The public need not be alarmed, however, as it is a training drill for members of the Athens-Clarke and University of Georgia police SWAT teams.
The drill should last into the afternoon at the Jack R. Wells Homes apartments on Pauldoe Street off Hawthorne Avenue.
Police are using the apartments for the drill because they have been vacated in preparation for demolition of the complex beginning this year.