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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 of years for them,” Bramble said of the Brigham Young University Police Department, thanking it f...

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 — It's 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: Don't use your police laptop to access personal information about people whom you aren't investigating as part of your job. That's why the top brass with the certification agency and the Utah Department of Public Safety say it's very concerning that they are seeing an increase in the number of officers who are illegally accessing protected police records — including to check backgrounds on people they are dating or w...

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 decision to dismiss the state’s effort to strip the private university of its police powers. That de...

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 battle where the Department of Public Safety took the unprecedented action of seeking to decertify th...