Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera announced her support for House Bill 374, which would dissolve the Unified Police Department in 2025. But her support is reluctant.
, which would dissolve the UPD in 2025. But her support is reluctant. The bill was advancing in the Legislature despite her past opposition to it.
“This issue continually comes up because there is a conflict of interest when there’s a separate policing entity and the county sheriff that has countywide use,” Teuscher told FOX 13 News. “What this does is resets everything like it was before so that Salt Lake County handles its law enforcement like any other counties in the state.”
“They were seeing countywide funds that were being given to the sheriff that were funneled to UPD that went to just support those areas of UPD,” he said. “So we had a real double-taxation issue in the southwest part of the valley.” The Utah Sheriffs’ Association said it supported Rivera and questioned if some of UPD’s critics wanted the power of the sheriff without the supervision of one.
Teuscher denied backing the sheriff into a corner with the legislation but said it addresses real concerns communities have with the agency.
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