Low Levels of Seriousness Found in UTPD

An official of the University of Tennessee Police Department was spotted in Circle Park preparing to write tickets on Wednesday morning.

With his notepad and pen in hand, he appeared relentless to keeping parking violators accountable for their actions. But sometimes that is just that—an appearance. He seemed to be checking cars, however, his search for violators did not amount to much. At approximately 10:25 A.M., Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007, a UTPD official was spotted in Circle Park. Prepared for the cold weather, the UTPD official was seen wearing black gloves, rosy cheeks and a slightly over-sized black jacket over his official uniform. Immediately after exiting the University of Tennessee’s Communications Building, he directly headed to the parking lot, where vehicles are permitted to park for 45 minutes at a time. After observing two vehicles, a tan Camry with a UT-Faculty parking pass and a black Volkswagen without any type of UT parking pass, the official turned away as if completed with his task.