Utah governor calls for statewide ban on police choke holds

Utah governor calls for statewide ban on police choke holds

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert enacted a ban on choke holds for all state law enforcement officers and called on all other police agencies to follow suit. His announcement Thursday marked his first major police reform since George Floyd’s killing by a police officer in Minneapolis set off global protests. The Republican governor also said he will implement implicit bias training for all state government officials, and tasked his public safety commissioner with identifying other ways to decrease fear and anger of police in “under represented” communities and increase police transparency with a report due by July 1.