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Utah saw 30 police shootings last year, tying previous record There were 30 people shot or shot at by police in Utah in 2020, according to a database kept by The Salt Lake Tribune. By: Max Roth , The Salt Lake Tribune Posted at 10:38 PM, Jan 11, 2021 and last updated 2021-01-12 00:38:57-05 Police across Utah shot at a record 30 people two years ago. And then, in 2020, the state tied its own record, according to a Two years ago after the record was set, the Utah Attorney Generalâs Office announced it would study the shootings in reaction to a detailed summary in The Salt Lake Tribune. The idea: Examine what happened and identify opportunities for police to respond differently after a violent encounter. ....
Police across Utah shot at a record 30 people two years ago. The Utah Attorney General’s Office announced it would study the shootings in reaction to a detailed summary in The Salt Lake Tribune, which at the time was the only entity compiling a statewide tally. The idea: examine what happened and identify opportunities for police to respond differently following a violent encounter. But Attorney General Sean Reyes’ team never finished the study. No findings were shared. His staff stopped because it was too difficult to collect the information from police departments. To this day, no government entity is tracking police shootings in Utah. ....
Utah police shot at a record-tying 30 people in 2020. But Utahns do not have a clear picture of why this level of violence persists and what can be done about it because the state has failed to collect any data about police shootings. ....
SALT LAKE CITY Several hundred Utahns are demanding Republican Attorney General Sean Reyes step down if he s unwilling to apologize for involving Utah in a lawsuit challenging presidential election results in other states. In an open letter to Reyes containing more than 800 signatures, residents called on him to stop casting doubt on the legitimacy of the election and issue a public apology. Short of that, they want him to resign. As concerned Utahns who love both our state and our country, we feel we must speak out forcefully against your unilateral decision to add Utah to the amicus supporting the attempt by the state of Texas to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in four states where President Trump lost, according to the letter. ....