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Board hears detailed concerns about House Bill 469 and law-enforcement unification
Summary
Board members and staff spent extended time on House Bill 469, a proposal to create a consolidated Division of Law Enforcement within DNR. Staff outlined potential impacts on retirement, staffing, training and the identity of park rangers and said transitional protections are being sought.
Members of the Utah State Parks Board and senior staff discussed House Bill 469—the DNR law-enforcement unification bill—at length during the Feb. 8 quarterly meeting.
Deputy director Laurie Backus summarized the bill and the current planning effort. She said the bill "talks about the creation of the division, and then it also talks about what it means for some of our officers as far as retirement and moving forward" and that…
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