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Committee backs fund to boost violent-crime clearance rates
Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · February 26, 2026
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Summary
Lawmakers advanced HB 137 to create a violent-crime clearance-rate fund to finance detectives, forensics and witness services aimed at increasing Utah’s clearance rate, which witnesses said has hovered around 53 percent.
Salt Lake City — The Senate committee on Tuesday unanimously recommended House Bill 137, a measure to create a violent-crime clearance-rate fund within the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ) to support detective training, cold-case units, forensics and witness services.
Representative Clancy said the proposal is…
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