(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Public Safety has launched an online domestic violence risk assessment dashboard. The Intimate Partner Domestic Violence Lethality Assessment Protocol was created under Senate Bill 117 in 2023. It helps law enforcement identify victims at the highest risk of being killed by […]
(Undated) — Dozens of international students at Utah universities had their visas revoked or records deleted in the past week under the Trump administration. The University of Utah reported 20 affected students, citing reasons such as failure to maintain nonimmigrant status or criminal record checks. Some students’ status changes are […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah lawmaker is concerned about domestic violence deaths in the state. Republican Representative Marsha Judkins has proposed legislation to take a harder stand against domestic violence offenders illegally holding on to their guns. Judkins says the measure mirrors the state’s stiffer penalties for someone […]
(Undated) — Statewide police data shows Utah’s domestic violence rate has hit record highs three years in a row. Records from Layton, Provo, St. George, Orem and Salt Lake City show there have been over 18-hundred domestic violence-related arrests per year since 2020. There’s been 15-hundred already this year, and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah domestic violence related deaths are rising this year. Officials say police have investigated more domestic violence related killings during the first six months of 2023 than they did in all in 2021. A domestic violence victim advocate Elizabeth Sollis said the primary reasons for […]
