Transportation and campus police, due to their prior planning and organization, made smooth work of President Barack Obama’s visit.

Campus police worked closely with the secret service from Monday through Wednesday to ensure the safety and protection of Obama. Transportation authorities had to reroute traffic and buses in order to accommodate secret service demands.

Although commuters were forced to change parking plans, transportation alterations went off without a hitch, according to Tom Kendig , director of transportation.

Kendig and his department received word about Obama’s visit about the time as students and the general public.

“I think it went very well under the circumstances. Certainly with just a couple days to plan it, hopefully we got the word out,” Kendig said.

Parking decks and lots near Reynolds Coliseum were closed Wednesday. Kendig said his department did a good job of informing students and the community of parking changes.

“There weren’t that many folks coming over to the deck who weren’t supposed to be there. We didn’t hear that many concerns or complaints here in the office,” Kendig said. “People were understanding that we had this presidential visitor on campus and everyone had to adjust.”

Cars parked in closed lots were to be towed. Students responded to closed lot advisories, and no cars were towed, according to Kendig .

The secret service made changing demands as the time for Obama’s speech approached.  They worked mostly with campus police, but information was passed to transportation.

“Secret service made some last minute changes because of some security issues they were concerned about,” Kendig said. “We adjusted as well as we could.”

The original plan was to have a shuttle bus run from Reynolds to the McKimmon Center where attendees were instructed to park. The secret service decided the best plan of action was to close Cates Ave. early Wednesday morning, which forced transportation organizers to reroute the shuttle to the corner of Jeter Drive and Cates Ave., according to Kendig .

Campus police were in constant contact with secret service agents.

“We worked with [secret service] directly. They took care of the immediate core issues of the interior of the facility, as well as the president. We provided the outer shell of the interior of the facility and then all exterior policing,” Jon Barnwell , campus police patrol division commander, said.

No arrests were made before, during or after the president’s speech, Barnwell said.

“It went as smooth as it possibly could. Our student body represented N.C . State well. They turned out for the event to freely exchange ideas. It was a good experience for everybody including the police department,” Barnwell said.

Three groups protested the event. One had a permit, but two did not.

“We had three groups that were protesting. We didn’t really go with the permits,” Barnwell said. “As long as [the groups] were abiding by what would normally be protest parameters, we let them go ahead and protest with some signs.”

Protestors were well behaved, according to Barnwell .

“They didn’t enter any egress, and didn’t cause any potential issues. So there was a free exchange of ideas, while still allowing the event to take place. We were able to get the president in, allowing him to speak and then getting him back off campus without any issues,” Barnwell said.