Utah, Police and domestic disturbance
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Amid the tragic killings of two officers in Tremonton, criminal justice leaders in Utah are considering changes to "risk assessments" in domestic violence cases
Court records and audio recordings from inside the courtroom reveal a pattern of reported domestic violence against the man accused of fatally shooting two officers Sunday night.
Multiple officers dying in the line of duty in any circumstance is rare in Utah and nationwide. The only other time that occurred in Utah was in 1987.
The majority-women Salt Lake County Council voted to support a resolution that calls for more to be done to empower women and girls in Utah.
This is a breaking story and was updated at 9:30 p.m. Two police officers were killed Sunday while responding to reports of domestic violence in the northern Utah community of Tremonton. Sgt. Lee Sorensen and officer Eric Estrada,