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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 14, 2014

Salt Lake City and Birmingham PDs Select Evidence.com for Digital Asset Management

TASER International announced today that the Salt Lake City Police Department and the Birmingham Police Department have selected Evidence.com to securely store and manage all of the digital evidence from their AXON body cameras and other digital devices. Both departments secured a five-year subscription with Evidence.com in the third quarter of 2014.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 7, 2014

Video: Utah Officer Shoots Suspect Who Brandished Fake Gun with Laser

Newly released body camera video shows a West Jordan, Utah, police officer shooting a man who was grabbing a fake gun made of a bent piece of metal with taped-on laser pointer.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 8, 2014

Poll: Utah Citizens Favor Military Equipment for Police

A poll conducted recently in Utah shows that the residents of that state support police departments getting surplus military equipment.

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Articlesby Jon AdlerAugust 26, 2014

Militarization or Officer Safety Precautions?

Seizing upon the naive theme that law enforcement has become over militarized, Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) recently introduced a bill titled "The Regulatory Agency Demilitarization Act" (H.R. 4934) that would disarm most Inspector General (IG) criminal investigators. His bill would revoke most IG agents' law enforcement authority and take away their authority to carry firearms and to make arrests.

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NewsJune 23, 2014

Video: Utah Officer Charged with Manslaughter for OIS

According to affidavits, West Valley City Police said they saw Danielle Willard go to a home to buy drugs. Police didn’t immediately arrest anyone but followed Willard to the Lexington Park apartments about a block away.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 8, 2014

Video: Utah Police Chase Caught on Traffic Cameras

A police chase in West Valley City, Utah, was caught from many different angles, as a man suspected of committing a residential burglary fled from pursuing police vehicles.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 21, 2014

Feds Helping Local Police Fight Cybercrime

Most police agencies lack resources to investigate cyber-crimes so they are turning to federal task forces to help.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 17, 2014

Salt Lake City PD Rape Data to Go Online

Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank put forward his "Code R Kit Project," which would post online information on 625 rape cases but would protect the identity of victims.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 11, 2014

Video: Utah Officer's Widow Says State's Survivor Benefits Need to Improve

The murder of Utah County Sgt. Cory Wride Jan. 30 during a traffic stop in Eagle Mountain exposed a fault with Utah's retirement plan for police officers, Wride's widow Nannette Wride says.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 28, 2014

Police ID Gunman Killed After Wounding Two Salt Lake City Officers

A wanted man is dead and two police officers hospitalized with gunshot wounds after an apparent traffic stop in downtown Salt Lake City erupted into an early Friday morning firefight.

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