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Utah Senate approves peace-officer amendments banning knee-on-neck restraint
Summary
The Utah Senate passed First Substitute House Bill 5,007 after sponsors described months of bipartisan talks with law enforcement and community groups. The bill bans knee-on-neck restraint as a practice, creates felony tiers based on injury severity, and codifies limits on choke holds.
The Utah State Senate on the second-reading calendar passed First Substitute House Bill 5,007, a set of peace-officer amendments that sponsors described as the result of bipartisan negotiations and extensive stakeholder input.
Senator Michael Vickers, the bill’s floor sponsor, told colleagues the measure was drafted after broad outreach that included police chiefs, the statewide sheriffs association, prosecutors and community leaders. “As things have unfolded across the country as you looked at what happened in Minnesota with Mister Floyd,” Vickers…
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