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January 6, 2012 • By David Montero The Salt Lake Tribune
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff didn't quite, as Dr. Hook once sang, get his "smiling face on the cover of the Rolling Stone," but he has managed to achieve rock star status among many in pro-immigration circles.
Shurtleff was named Thursd... Full Story
January 26, 2012 • By David Montero The Salt Lake Tribune
The first salvo fired at Utah's controversial guest-worker immigration law will come from the desk of Rep. Chis Herrod on Thursday: a 53-page bill that would gut key provisions of the existing law and require congressional permission before lett... Full Story
February 3, 2012 • By David Montero The Salt Lake Tribune
The sponsor of legislation that would cost police officers their certification if they didn't adequately enforce immigration law said Friday he'd be willing to take it out of a larger bill designed to replace the state's existing guest... Full Story
February 16, 2012 • By Cimaron Neugebauer The Salt Lake Tribune
It's been nearly five months since a Salt Lake City woman was found drowned in the bathtub at her home, but police are still trying to determine if her death was a homicide or suicide.
Uta von Schwedler, 49, was found dead in her Sugar House ar... Full Story
February 16, 2012 • By Chris Burbank
If allowed to go into effect, HB497, Utah's "papers please" law will cause irreparable harm to all Utahns. A hearing to determine whether the courts should block this law, which has been on hold since it was signed in May 2011, occurs Friday.
T... Full Story
February 25, 2012 • By Peg Mcentee Tribune Columnist
Right from the start, let me say that I honor the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment, although the editor in me wants to clarify its language to make it easier to understand.
Here in Utah, a lot of people think gun rights are sacrosanct. But ... Full Story
March 7, 2012 • By Matt Canham The Salt Lake Tribune
Washington • Salt Lake City's police chief panned legislation that would let law enforcement check the immigration status of drunk drivers suspected of being in the country illegally, saying it would lead to racial profiling.
Chief Chris Burban... Full Story
March 8, 2012 • Out of Context by Tribune Political Reporters
The Legislature's last day. Utah may have nation's longest abortion wait time. Romney prepares for a long stretch in the deep South.
Happy Thursday. And welcome to Day 45, the end of the 2012 legislative session, which may well go down i... Full Story
April 13, 2012 • By Cimaron Neugebauer The Salt Lake Tribune
What took seven months of computer coding to build was destroyed in an afternoon by hackers, but the Salt Lake City Police Department's website is back up and running with a new look and a slew of new safeguards.
In a welcome video from Salt La... Full Story
April 16, 2012 • By Nate Carlisle And Melinda Rogers The Salt Lake Tribune
For an alleged hacker, John Anthony Borell III didn't stay very anonymous.
A federal indictment unsealed Monday accuses Borell of hacking into the websites of the Salt Lake City Police Department and the Utah Chiefs of Police Association, and ... Full Story
May 14, 2012 • By Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune
The detective was on his back. The prostitute was above him.
"I kissed her breasts and nipples, as there was no place for my face to go," the undercover detective wrote in his report of a 2011 vice sting.
The Salt Lake City Civilian Review Board s... Full Story
May 15, 2012 • By Cimaron Neugebauer The Salt Lake Tribune
Bill Farley can still recall being pulled out of high school and taken by an officer in a patrol vehicle to the hospital in 1951. During the ride, he heard over the police radio that his father — a Salt Lake City sergeant — had died.
Farley gather... Full Story
May 19, 2012 • By Christopher Smart The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City's new public safety building is more than a year from its scheduled completion. But when it opens in July 2013, it will house a combined police and fire 911 emergency and dispatch center — if Mayor Ralph Becker gets his way.
Righ... Full Story
August 2, 2012 • By Erin Alberty The Salt Lake Tribune
Eight weeks after a Salt Lake City man died in police custody, Chief Chris Burbank met with a group of ministers who say they have been fielding calls from area churchgoers asking whether force was used in his arrest.
Allen Nelson, 44, died June 9 w... Full Story
September 7, 2012 • By Brooke Adams And Erin Alberty The Salt Lake Tribune
The son of a man who died in police custody filed a civil lawsuit Thursday alleging Salt Lake City police caused his father's death by using a Taser on him in June, a claim that drew a swift rebuttal from the city's police chief.
Attorney ... Full Story
September 18, 2012 • By Kimball Bennion The Salt Lake Tribune
Two Salt Lake City police officers on motorcycles were involved in a traffic accident at 400 South and 400 West in Salt Lake City about 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
Salt Lake City Police Department Chief Chris Burbank said the officers were heading westbo... Full Story
October 3, 2012 • Out of Context by Tribune Political Reporters
Crockett leads McAdams 40-37. The presidential debates begin. 34 days until Election Day.
Happy Wednesday. On the eve of the first presidential debate, conservative news outlets tout a 2007 video of Barack Obama speaking candidly to an audience of bl... Full Story
October 4, 2012 • By Janelle Stecklein The Salt Lake Tribune
Thursday marked the second time in about 39 years that Mike Clark had been at the spot where his father was gunned down.
The first time Clark drove by 564 E. Third Ave. was by accident. But Thursday's visit was on purpose, to dedicate a plaque ... Full Story
October 5, 2012 • By Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune
Narcotics detectives in Salt Lake City on Wednesday used a battering ram to knock down a door and execute a search warrant on the wrong house, frightening the home's 76-year-old resident.
"This was a mistake," Police Chief Chris Burbank said F... Full Story
October 13, 2012 • The Salt Lake Tribune
Drug raid gone wrong • The total botch of one Salt Lake City Police investigation has led to the opening of another one. This time, police officers will be the target of the probe. And we can only hope that, this time, they get it right. Members of t... Full Story
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