The Utah Investigative Journalism Project filed more than 170 records requests with 48 local law-enforcement agencies across the state to see what happens to police officers who are disciplined for not properly using body-worn cameras. The records identified 25 officers across 11 agencies with such violations. The reporting, supported by the Fund, also highlighted agencies’ policies for use of body-worn cameras. For a story in the Utah News Dispatch, reporter Sydnee Chapman identified officers who kept their body cams off during use-of-force incidents and one officer who kept his off for three months.
Grantee identifies multiple cases of Utah police officers violating body-cam policies
