(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Public Safety has launched an online domestic violence risk assessment dashboard. The Intimate Partner Domestic Violence Lethality Assessment Protocol was created under Senate Bill 117 in 2023. It helps law enforcement identify victims at the highest risk of being killed by […]
(Undated) — Dozens of international students at Utah universities had their visas revoked or records deleted in the past week under the Trump administration. The University of Utah reported 20 affected students, citing reasons such as failure to maintain nonimmigrant status or criminal record checks. Some students’ status changes are […]
One person is in custody after a barricade situation in Richfield. Around 11:30 a.m. on Mar. 27, Richfield City Police were dispatched for a domestic assault that occurred at 489 East 300 North. According to a press release, “after the initial investigation the suspect was identified and barricaded himself inside […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah lawmaker is concerned about domestic violence deaths in the state. Republican Representative Marsha Judkins has proposed legislation to take a harder stand against domestic violence offenders illegally holding on to their guns. Judkins says the measure mirrors the state’s stiffer penalties for someone […]
A man is behind bars after a road rage incident in Millard County. Around 4:00 p.m. on Jan. 17, Millard County Deputies responded to the area of State Route 257 and State Route 6 and 50 on a report of Road Rage involving a husband and wife in separate vehicles. […]
(Undated) — Statewide police data shows Utah’s domestic violence rate has hit record highs three years in a row. Records from Layton, Provo, St. George, Orem and Salt Lake City show there have been over 18-hundred domestic violence-related arrests per year since 2020. There’s been 15-hundred already this year, and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah domestic violence related deaths are rising this year. Officials say police have investigated more domestic violence related killings during the first six months of 2023 than they did in all in 2021. A domestic violence victim advocate Elizabeth Sollis said the primary reasons for […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox on Monday signed a bill that requires law enforcement officers to conduct so-called lethality assessments when they respond to reports of domestic violence between intimate partners. Questions Utah law enforcement officers are required to ask under the new law include whether the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s lieutenant governor is urging state lawmakers to fully fund programs offering resources to victims of domestic violence. Deidre Henderson joined advocates and lawmakers during an event yesterday at the State Capitol. She asked lawmakers to fully fund the governor’s request for 50-million dollars to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that aims to help police thoroughly evaluate domestic violence situations is now in the Utah House. The state Senate unanimously approved the bill yesterday in front of the parents of Gabby Petito and Many Mayne. The proposed bill would require officers to conduct […]
