SALT LAKE CITY The University of Utah Police Department has joined a national initiative to increase representation of women in police forces, the first and only law enforcement agency in Utah to do so.
The 30x30 initiative is a coalition of police leaders, researchers and professional organizations whose mission is to improve representation and circumstances of female police officers across the United States. Their goal is to increase the number of women in police recruiting classes to 30% by 2030.
Women currently make up just 12% of sworn police officers and 3% of police leadership in the U.S., according to the 30x30 organization.
University Police Departments Become PR Machines Designed To Spread Their Own Version Of Events
Published: April 29, 2021
For college age students the fear of school shootings, sexual assaults, thefts etc., are all major concerns. The University of Utah has taken those fears and found a way to exploit them by creating a university police website dedicated to spreading a climate of fear unlike anything we have seen.
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Fox 13 reports that in an effort to improve campus safety, the University of Utah (UoU) has created a new website that allows students to stay current on the latest safety news and easily find important resources.
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SALT LAKE CITY Just a year after becoming the University of Utah’s first chief safety officer, Marlon C. Lynch is leaving the U. to take a similar position at his alma mater.
The University of Utah and Lynch announced Tuesday that he will be leaving at the end of March to become the vice president for public safety and chief of police at Michigan State University.
Lynch’s position was created at the University of Utah following the on-campus murder of student Lauren McCluskey as part of a number of public safety reforms. The chief safety officer oversees the U. police department.
While Cynthia Browning didn t win an eighth two-year term in the Legislature, she s proud of what she accomplished in Montpelier and is focusing in her role with the Arlington Select
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Homeless encampments and crime rates were among the issues discusssed.
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SALT LAKE CITY While crime rose this year in some communities in Utah, including Salt Lake City, U.S. Attorney John Huber noted Thursday that crime in Ogden decreased because of a concerted effort to find and prosecute “apex criminals” who hide among and prey on those people experiencing homelessness.
“This week, I thought it was interesting that I was up in Ogden on Tuesday to celebrate 2
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2 years of good hard work by many people to find those apex criminals in the heart of that city and see if it affected crime rates,” he said, noting they studied where crimes were occurring and targeted enforcement in those areas. “And it certainly did.”