A new tool in wide use by law enforcement agencies across the country can draw a circle on any map and seek out, through chilling data search techniques, who was in or near that area at any specific time.
A Utah legislative proposal that initially sought to ban dragnet-style law enforcement searches of cellphone location and internet browser history data has been deeply revised, but civil rights watchers say it’s a step in the right direction.
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Bill was tempered to apply only to people in suicidal crises
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SALT LAKE CITY Utah lawmakers are advancing a bill that would limit when police can use deadly force, but only if a person is solely a danger to him or herself.
The Utah House voted 54-16 to approve a tempered version of HB237 on Tuesday. The bill now goes to the Senate for consideration.
House Minority Assistant Whip Jennifer Dailey-Provost’s HB237 in its original form would have changed the justification in Utah’s statute for a police officer to use lethal force to include both of the words “reasonable and necessary” not just “necessary” to prevent a suspect from escaping or to prevent death or serious bodily injury to the officer or another person.
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