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How law enforcement has handled the ban on large gatherings in wake of Dahlonega party
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Trash is strewn across the parking lot of University Heights housing in Dahlonega on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. News of a large weekend party at the off-campus complex spread across social media as the University of North Georgia prepared for its first day of class Monday. - photo by Jacob Smith
When called to enforce the executive order banning large gatherings, law enforcement has generally stuck to two tenets: A lack of zeal to write citations and a deference to other executive agencies to make the call.