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Tremonton police chief retiring from law enforcement

Aug 05, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    6% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    6% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -32% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : After a 21-year career in law enforcement, Fertig said the timing is right for him to transition into education, something he has been planning for years.
54% : After more than three years in charge, Tremonton's police chief is retiring from law enforcement to pursue a career in education.
47% : Under state law, Fertig must wait at least a full year after retiring from law enforcement to begin drawing a paycheck from another state-funded institution.
43% : He already held a master's degree in criminal justice before coming to Tremonton, and finished his doctoral degree in political science not long after taking the chief position.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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