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City attorney, police ask council to designate WestFest area as potential 'gang' zone to allow dispersals
Summary
City Attorney Eric Boonderson and Lieutenant Levi Lloyd presented a resolution to allow officers at WestFest to identify gang-related dress or behavior and order people to leave the event area or face trespass charges; council members asked about objective criteria and public notice.
Eric Boonderson, the city attorney, and Lieutenant Levi Lloyd of the police department asked the West Valley City Council to designate the WestFest event area as a potential gang-designated zone during the festival so officers can order individuals displaying gang-related dress or behavior to leave the premises.
"The short answer is it allows officers at West Fest to identify, like, gang behavior, dress mainly dress or activity, and then... ask them to leave the premises, essentially," Lieutenant Lloyd said, describing the tool as similar to an approach used by…
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