Why Utah police can be forced to explain a shooting and how those interviews can become public

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : She now serves as the board vice president for the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement.
52% : At the same time, some law enforcement agencies have released such statements or information derived from them, including the state's Peace Officer Standards and Training and the Granite School District, West Bountiful, Syracuse, Herriman, and Saratoga Springs police departments.
49% : At the same time, some in Utah law enforcement are considering calling for legislation to specifically bar these compelled interviews from becoming public.
48% : "The Fifth Amendment protects you from having statements used in a criminal prosecution... not necessarily [from] having a statement released in the court of public opinion," said Margo Frasier, an attorney and the former police monitor for Austin, Texas.
48% : After Utah's records committee sided with The Tribune, law enforcement officials began conversations around drafting a bill that would bar the release of Garrity statements.
46% : Sen. Curt Bramble, R-Provo, a lawmaker who often sponsors public records bills, said he is taking law enforcement proposals to make Garrity statements private "under advisement" and is waiting to see the outcome of the court efforts to overturn the records committee's decisions.

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