Huh?

And so I'm reading a story about UGA cops busting a gambling operation on campus and at the end of the story I see this graf

UGA police were unable to comment due to a university policy change this year that directs questions concerning all police matters to the Office of Public Affairs.

and I think, what the fuck?

I think this because, ironically, I'd recently seen a story by the Alabama student newspaper praising UGA and how the UGA cops could speak directly to journalists instead of, like at Bama, going through the PR wing of the university -- which drastically slows up the news process plus, let's face it, puts a flak spin on everything.

I'm actually gonna ask about this policy and when (and why) it went into effect. Will report back if and when I get an actual response.