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State

HB231: Proposal would keep law enforcement from probing DNA data

By Decker Westenburg
January 24, 2020 12:00 AM
A West Valley City Republican is sponsoring a bill in the 2020 Legislature that will prevent police from accessing at-home DNA tests to perform familial DNA searches.
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Local

BYU police chief brings FBI Academy training, SWAT team experience and more to job

By Kaitlyn Bancroft
March 20, 2019 12:00 AM
BYU Police Chief Chris Autry's office windowsill is covered in coins.
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Capital West News

SB103: Utah hate crimes bill passes committee unanimously

By Decker Westenburg
February 22, 2019 12:00 AM
A Republican senator hoping to push a hate crimes bill through the Utah Legislature found unanimous support in the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee Thursday morning.
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Nation

Synthetic opioids abused from multiple sources

By Sam Bigelow
October 01, 2018 12:00 AM
Editor's note: This story pairs with 'Synthetic opioids affect the mind, body'
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Local

BYU students share racial-profiling concern

By Hayden Wise
June 07, 2017 12:00 AM
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Local

Smartphones improve law enforcement officers' efficiency

By Ashley Lee
April 10, 2017 12:00 AM
A BYU police officer told Steve Goodman, head of BYU Police Technology and Communications, SecureTour has increased productivity by 20 percent. (Steve Goodman)
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Campus News

BYU's new origami shield may save law enforcement officers' lives

By Ryan Hernandez
March 24, 2017 12:00 AM
Law enforcement may soon have better protection, thanks to BYU engineers and the ancient Japanese art of paper folding.
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Healthy Living

BYU professor calls for state standardization in processing sexual assault kits

By Kristen Kerr
April 07, 2016 12:00 AM
BYU nursing professor and certified sexual assault nurse examiner Julie Valentine discusses the findings of her recent study on the low processing numbers of sexual assault kits. (Natalie Stoker)
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Nation

Violent crime rose in first 6 months of 2015 over 2014

January 19, 2016 12:00 AM
An FBI investigator investigates the scene of a shooting outside a military recruiting center in Chattanooga, Tenn. Violent crime rose across in the country in the first six months of 2015 compared to the same period the year before. (Associated Press)
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Breaking News

Email threat causes nation's second-largest school district shut down

December 15, 2015 12:00 AM
A police officer puts up yellow tape to close the school outside of Edward Roybal High School in Los Angeles, on Tuesday morning, Dec. 15, 2015. All schools in the vast Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second largest, have been ordered closed due to an electronic threat Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Nation

Obama defends police and their actions

October 27, 2015 12:00 AM
President Barack Obama speaks to defend law enforcement. (Associated Press)
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Nation

Senators introduce landmark bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015

By Beau Jones
October 16, 2015 12:00 AM
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, left, gestures that it is time to leave a news conference with a bipartisan group of Senators who spoke about criminal justice reform, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Local

BYU professor receives grants to help aid investigations of Utah sexual assault cases

By Jenna Barratt
October 07, 2015 12:00 AM
BYU nursing professor Julie Valentine is also a sexual assault nurse examiner. Valentine said the tracking system works as a way to enhance interagency collaboration between different parts of the legal system. (BYU Nursing Department)
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Local

BYU's marching band faced with Canyon Road construction

By Stacie Faulk
September 22, 2015 12:00 AM
BYU Marching Band members meet for practice on the second day of 'sweat week,' to prepare for the upcoming season. (BYU Cougar Marching Band Facebook page)
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Uncategorized

HB300: “Concealed deadly weapon” bill passes House

January 01, 1970 12:00 AM
By Chris Larson
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Uncategorized

HB296: Box Elder sheriff speaks up for changing police drone rules

January 01, 1970 12:00 AM
By John Gibbons
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Local

Utah bill attempts to balance privacy and government use of drones

January 01, 1970 12:00 AM
By Miranda Collette
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