A new bill would take victims’ perspectives into account when reintegrating student offenders back into the school setting. The bill was discussed in the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday. Rep. Ashlee Matthews, D-West Jordan, said that the bill “prioritizes the safety and the mental health of the victims of the crime — whether they are teachers, faculty members, or other students and taking all of those victims statements into account when determining when or if the student offender is reintegrated into their home school.”
SALT LAKE CITY As a federal probation officer, Steven Kelly crisscrossed the state to check on defendants facing criminal charges.
He used to recount to colleagues how police routinely pulled him over on suspicion of DWB driving while Black.
Each time, the officers demeanor changed when they learned the late Kelly was a sworn law enforcement officer, his friend and former U.S. Magistrate Judge Sam Alba recalled Tuesday at the start of a three-day symposium on the use of force by police, hosted by the Utah State Bar.
Kelly s experience isn t unique, Alba and fellow attorneys noted Tuesday. But for others, a traffic stop can end much less peacefully, like it did most recently for 20-year-old Daunte Wright, killed by police in a Minneapolis suburb; and U.S. Army officer Caron Nazario, who is suing a Virginia police department after he was pepper-sprayed and knocked to the ground.
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