House committee advances bill to eliminate Salt Lake County's Unified Police Department

SALT LAKE CITY — A House committee favorably recommended a bill to dissolve the Unified Police Department on Wednesday, a day after the Salt Lake County Sheriff reluctantly agreed to back the proposal. Created in 2010, the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake is an interlocal law enforcement agency that provides services to several cities and townships in Salt Lake County. HB374 sponsor Rep. Jordan Teuscher, R-South Jordan, said that residents of cities like his are double taxed: once for their municipal police force and once for Unified police,...