Dillard police chief suspended without pay

According to Dillard City officials, no official decision has been made regarding their police chief who was arrested on DUI charges nearly three weeks ago.

However, according to City Clerk Glenda Enloe, Jeremy James Welch, 35, who was formerly on administrative leave with pay after his arrest, is still on administrative leave, but is now without pay.

The decision was made Tuesday night following a council meeting.

Although no decision has been made on his employment status as Dillard Police Chief, a decision is likely to follow in the coming weeks.

The motion made by council members comes after Welch was arrested at a license checkpoint near Warwoman and Rickman Street by a Georgia State Trooper.

During at which time, authorities noticed an open Bud Light can in the cup holder of the center console.

While speaking with Welch, law enforcement learned that he had consumed six 12 ounce cans of Bud Light starting aproximentley one and a half to two hours prior.

The trooper conducted a field sobriety test on Welch before he became uncooperative and was asked multiple times if he was going to perform the tests according to a direct passage from the police report.

Welch refused a blood sample and was placed under arrest for DUI and possession of an open alcohol container.