Three football fans voiced concerns about the behavior of University police during Saturday’s game, and they e-mailed complaints to administrators, police and The Red & Black Monday.

The University Police Department usually receives about 10 complaints following home football games, Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said in a phone interview Monday. Considering 100,000 people come to campus on gamedays, 10 is not a large number of complaints, Williamson said.

He noted that Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Gwinnett County police officers are hired to help patrol during the games.

Anne Marie Willis, a University alumna, said the University and Athens Clarke County Police focus too much attention on controlling alcohol consumption, rather than the more serious crimes that occur daily in Athens.

Willis wrote she was “appalled” when her son was approached by a University police officer who demanded he empty his pockets. Willis’ son showed the officer the keys in his pocket and the officer said, “Okay,” and walked away. Willis wrote they were not making a scene but simply having a conversation.

Williamson told The Red & Black that officers have searched for alcohol at the gates to the games for the past 20 years. Though searches are not uncommon, he said he is concerned with the officer’s interaction.

“I will look into the situation,” he said.

Dylan E. Gist, a 1997 alumnus from Atlanta, said that he had to move from his disabled parking spot at the Main Library parking lot because a University police officer told him the lot was reserved by the Law School and his car would be towed if he did not move it.

Gist said it was his right by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to remain parked in the handicap spot, but the officer said he ‘”was just doing what he was told,”‘ Gist wrote.

Later, Gist spotted a car parked in the lot and asked nearby ACC police officers why it was allowed to be there. The officers explained that by federal law, if a person has a handicap permit, that individual must be granted access to the space.

Williamson said University officers were not contacted to guard the Main Library parking lot, so he was not sure if Gist spoke to one of his officers. Gist wrote that the officer drove in a patrol car marked UGAPD.

Parking lots may be reserved, Williamson said, which can legally prevent anyone from parking in them.

Will Shields, a former Red & Black staff member and University alumnus, wrote that a police officer grabbed his shoulders, causing him to almost drop his four-year-old daughter while they walked on the track inside Sanford Stadium. Shields said the officer was trying to move them out of the way of an approaching camera crew, but his rough manner scared his young daughter.

Williamson said that if Shields was sitting in his assigned seat in the stands rather than walking on the track, this would not have been an issue. Williamson said he urges people to contact the police department if they think an officer has violated a law. But he said that in these three cases, none of the officers did.