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Jocelyn De La Rosa, executive director of The Family Support Center, plants blue pinwheels in honor of every child who was abused in Salt Lake County during 2020 at the Salt Lake County Government Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. In Salt Lake County alone there were 3,616 confirmed cases of child abuse last year.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
Police and child welfare workers in Utah’s most populous county confirmed fewer cases of child abuse in 2020 after the pandemic closed schools, churches and other places where adults tend to spot signs of abuse.
Now, Salt Lake County leaders and advocates are urging people to keep an eye out in their own communities and report any evidence of neglect or physical, emotional and sexual abuse so authorities can intervene.
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6PM: Downtown rally after Chauvin verdict
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SALT LAKE CITY The chants and signs were the same, but a sense of renewed hope appeared to replace anger at a protest Tuesday evening in Salt Lake City soon after a jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of murder in the death of George Floyd. It knocks the wind out of you. I ve never seen justice before today, and that was a long road to see it, said Lex Scott, founder of the Black Lives Matter Utah Chapter as a rally formed at the Salt Lake City Department of Public Safety.
Dr. Angela Dunn Leaving As State Epidemiologist To Lead Salt Lake County
Utah’s epidemiologist Angela Dunn is leaving the state’s department of health to lead the Salt Lake County Health Department. In a statement Tuesday, UDOH said it’s “hard to overstate” the life saving contributions Dunn made to the state’s COVID-19 response. She sometimes found herself at odds with elected officials over the past year in how the state was handling the pandemic. But Dunn has been a mainstay at COVID press conferences since last summer. She is replacing Gary Edwards who has been with the county health department for the past 16 years. Her first day is June 1.
SALT LAKE CITY Dr. Angela Dunn, Utah s leading epidemiologist who has become a celebrity in the state during the COVID-19 pandemic, will step down from her position this summer, officials announced Tuesday.
Dunn will step down as the Utah Department of Health s state epidemiologist to become the executive director of the Salt Lake County Health Department, the department announced in a news release Tuesday. I m excited to join one of the nation s most respected local health departments, Dunn said in the release. I m honored to serve the people who live and work in Salt Lake County, which is also my home, and I m looking forward to working alongside the amazing public health professionals in Salt Lake County.