Published July 20, 2021 at 6:18 PM MDT Listen • 4:30 / University of Utah Police Chief Rodney Chatman has been named vice president of campus safety at Brown University in Rhode Island. Chatman has been on leave at the U since December. This story and more in Tuesday evening's news brief. Tuesday evening, July 20, 2021 Northern Utah Approving Raise For Salt Lake City Police Officers On Tuesday, the Salt Lake City Council is expected to finalize salary raises for police officers. But over the past year, some community members have called to defund the police. Salt Lake City Council Chair Amy Fowler said the city never supported defunding the police. But she said she is interested in creating alternative options to calling law enforcement. Meanwhile, the police and prison abolitionist group Decarcerate Utah feels their demands over the past year have gone ignored. A representative from the organization said they’ll continue to educate the public about how they can keep their own communities safe — without the police’s help. Read the full story. —