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Senate passes substitute bill banning law-enforcement quotas with carve-outs for performance evaluation
Summary
First substitute S.B. 154 bars quota-based policing practices and adds language clarifying agencies may include community engagement and enforcement activities in overall performance evaluations; supporters said it prevents policing for profit, while opponents worried about unintended effects on targeted public-safety efforts.
The Utah Senate passed the first substitute to Senate Bill 154 on the floor, a measure prohibiting law-enforcement quotas while clarifying that political subdivisions and agencies may still include an officer’s community engagement or enforcement activity as part of overall performance evaluations.
Sponsor Sen. Jerry Stevenson said the amendment addresses law-enforcement concerns while preserving the bill’s prohibition on policing for…
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