Rep. Eric Hutchings (R)

HB 442 (Law Enforcement Tracking Amendments)

Libertas Institute supports this bill.

Legislation proposed by Libertas Institute last year, which passed nearly unanimously, requires law enforcement to publish detailed to the public every time a SWAT team is deployed or a forcible entry warrant (e.g. no knock or knock-and-announce) is served. This bill amends the law to include information about deployments of an armored vehicle, and also requires the detailed information, rather than only a summary report, to be publicly provided.

Libertas Institute supports this bill. There is a healthy appetite in Utah for transparency, and to the extent that law enforcement officials are empowered to utilize violence against people, that violence should be fully and proactively tracked.