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Utah Senate rejects use-of-force revisions after sharp floor debate
Summary
The Senate voted down third-substitute House Bill 154, a package of use-of-force revisions that would have clarified officer announcements and public timelines for reporting; supporters said it increased transparency, opponents said it risked officer safety in split-second deadly-force situations.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate on March 5 rejected third-substitute House Bill 154, a set of revisions to the state's use-of-force rules, after more than an hour of floor debate and questions from both defenders of the bill and senators who warned it could create new risks for officers.
Senator J. Kitchen, the bill sponsor, described the measure as an effort to set timelines for investigations and to make certain information public on county or district attorney websites. "It provides a little…
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