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Utah Senate narrows use of unmarked highway patrol vehicles, approves bill to target DUI and aggressive driving
Summary
After amendments limiting expanded unmarked patrols to metropolitan counties, the Senate passed SB106 to allow targeted unmarked operations addressing DUI and aggressive driving on major corridors; an officer-uniform amendment (including hat) failed on the floor.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 10 approved Senate Bill 106, narrowing the circumstances in which state highway patrol officers may use unmarked vehicles and directing the program toward drunk and aggressive driving, particularly on the I‑15 corridor.
Sponsor Sen. Bramble told colleagues the bill is intended to focus enforcement on two problems—drunk driving and aggressive driving—and that patrol leaders and the superintendent supported a limited program targeted to areas with the greatest volume and traffic-safety problems. "The intent of this bill is to focus on two…
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