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Deseret News Share this story Steve Griffin, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — A bill to clarify state code for governing private police agencies in Utah like BYU’s police force cleared its first legislative hurdle on Wednesday. Sen. Curt Bramble’s SB191 won unanimous approval from the Senate Business and Labor Committee after Bramble explained it was the product of work between the Utah Department of Safety, Brigham Young University and state officials. “I know it’s been a rough couple...

Sen. Curt Bramble’s SB191 won unanimous approval in committee after he explained it was the product of work between the Utah Department of Safety, Brigham Young University and state officials.

SALT LAKE CITY — Its one of the first things new cadets learn when they go through the Peace Officer Standards and Training course to become certified law enforcers in Utah: Dont use your police laptop to access personal information about people whom you arent investigating as part of your job. Thats why the top brass with the certification agency and the Utah Department of Public Safety say its very concerning that they are seeing an increase in the number of officers who are illegally acces...

Utah officials end effort to eliminate BYU’s police department The decision concludes a two-year effort tied to a lieutenant’s use of police data to help the Honor Code Office. Brigham Young University Posted at 5:35 AM, Jan 27, 2021 and last updated 2021-01-27 07:39:33-05 PROVO, Utah — Brigham Young University’s police force is here to stay, The Salt Lake Tribune reports. State officials announced Tuesday that they won’t appeal an administrative law judge’s decis...

Utah officials end effort to eliminate BYU’s police department Jessica Miller © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The police station at Brigham Young University on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. Brigham Young University’s police force is here to stay. State officials announced Tuesday that they won’t appeal an administrative law judge’s decision to dismiss the state’s effort to strip the private university of its police powers. That decision ended a two-year b...

Deseret News Share this story Steve Griffin, Deseret News PROVO — The Utah Department of Public Safety announced Tuesday that it will not appeal a recent ruling that allows BYU to keep its police department. Commissioner Jess Anderson on Tuesday sent a letter to Chris Autry, the managing director of the Brigham Young University Police Department, stating, “I have chosen not to pursue an appeal of Judge Catten’s order on your motion for summary judgment. “The decision to decertify BYUPD...

BYU will keep police department after judge ruling SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Brigham Young University in Utah says it will keep its police department after an administrative law judge threw out a case in which state officials sought to take away the campus’ rights to police itself. The decision Tuesday came two years after the state Department of Public Safety said it would decertify the BYU police department after the department did not conduct an adequate internal investigation into a lieuten...

BYU will keep its police department, after a judge dismisses Utah’s decertification efforts Jessica Miller © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The police station at Brigham Young University on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. Brigham Young University will keep its police department after an administrative law judge took the surprising step of tossing the case where state officials had sought to strip the private campus of its policing powers. Brigham Young University wi...

PROVO — Brigham Young University will be allowed to keep its police department after an administrative judge dismissed the Department of Public Safetys motion to decertify the department. The judges ruling, signed on Monday, comes nearly two years after the university received a letter from the Department of Public Safety on Feb. 20, 2019, claiming that BYU police had not met "certification criteria" required by Utah state law. The department wrote that due to its failure of "certification cr...

Judge wont decertify BYU PD over Honor Code investigations KSTU and last updated 2021-01-06 00:23:28-05 SALT LAKE CITY — An administrative law judge has decided against decertifying Brigham Young Universitys police force. In an order issued Tuesday night, Administrative Law Judge Richard Catten granted BYUs request to dismiss the case, but also sided in part with Utahs Department of Public Safety, The judge essentially declared that while DPS wanted The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da...