Utah Legislature kills bill that would have concealed police disciplinary records
As reported by
The Salt Lake Tribune, the stat Senate Government Operations Committee tabled a bill that would have hid police disciplinary records from public view. Even Sen. Chris Buttars, the bill's sponsor, voted against the bill, saying that the bill wasn't what he thought it was.
The bill, SB 260, would have deemed police disciplinary records private unless the officer appealed the ruling or agreed to release the document the public. The measure was opposed by the Utah Media Coalition and the Utah Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.