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Despite pushback from community members and warnings from media organizations, Utah lawmakers are advancing a bill to protect Garrity statements from public records requests.
The Utah Legislature is considering making police Garrity statements private records. Police argue allowing Garrity interviews to be published in media would create a "chilling effect" for police officers. Media argues the bill would further damage to public trust.
Could Utah become first state to create EMS teams specifically for mental health emergencies? Ashley Imlay © Spenser Heaps, Deseret News Amanda Funk and Lisa Hamby attend a rally outside of the Ogden Municipal Building in Ogden on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. People gathered to protest and call attention to the shooting of Linden Cameron, a 13-year-old with Asperger’s syndrome who was shot by police in Salt Lake City. SALT LAKE CITY — A lawmaker’s proposal to make Utah the first state to train emergency medical technicians specifically for responding to mental health eme...
State legislator proposes bills to standardize critical incident training across the state, and to train emergency medical responders specifically to provide assistance to those experiencing mental health emergencies.