Utah House committee passes bill that will restrict the public's and media access to certain police statements
House bill 399 sponsor Rep. Ryan Wilcox said keeping information private and protected from public scrutiny or from possible prosecution is something that is protected under the Constitution and the Fifth Amendment.
Journalist Cheryl Worsley, who represents the Radio Television Digital News Association throughout the Rocky Mountain region said law enforcement across the country and here in Utah are seeing a lack of trust from the public. "The bill will have minimal impact on transparency around those events, because information is available through a variety of other means," Diehl said.
"It took almost 3 years and $300,000 for us to get access to his Garrity statement and the true facts of the case," said James."Please, there is not public benefit to less transparency."
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