Chip Tower’s AJC Blog has an interview with UGA Police Chief Jimmy Williamson.

Williamson is asked about the recent arrests of Caleb King and NaDerris Ward, if UGA Police might be too strict. His response:

“Our police officers patrol campus every day,” Williamson said. “Most violations end up in written warnings or citations. But once an officer stops a driver and finds out he has a suspended license, then the officer no longer has a choice. He has to take them in.”

Williamson said state law mandates that a driver that cannot produce a driver’s license or has one that is currently suspended be taken into custody and finger-printed. He said the officer that arrested King was prepared to write a warning until King’s license was found to be suspended. He said Ward was informed of an unresolved traffic issue in Sandy Springs he needed to clear up.

While Williamson does answer the question of what is happening after someone like Caleb King is stopped by a UGA Police officer, he doesn’t address why his officers are pulling over moped drivers while there were several thefts and break-ins reported on campus that night.

Honestly, a guy on a moped going the wrong way down the 100 yards of one-way street on Sanford Drive, not speeding and not drinking? Obviously a public safety threat.

Caleb King broke the law, but UGA Police have much bigger fish to fry. Just read the UGA Police logs, you’ll see.