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OPERATION RIO GRANDE: BY THE NUMBERS

Current

Did Utah's Operation Rio Grande achieve what it set out to do? We breakdown the data and analyze the outcomes.

HOW DID UTAH'S LEGISLATIVE LOWERING OF BAC MATCH UP WITH ITS SPONSOR'S CLAIMS?

Summer 2021

The bill's sponsors claimed lowering the BAC limit from 0.08 to 0.05 would save lives. Did it?

UTAH'S POLICE OFFICER DISCIPLINARY PATTERNS AND TRENDS: AN ANALYSIS OF 10 YEARS OF DATA

Fall 2021

Each calendar quarter, Police Officer Standards and Training conducts disciplinary hearings to examine the conduct of Utah's law enforcement personnel. We look the patterns and trends of that discipline.