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Why Utah officials decided BYU’s police department couldn’t be saved

New documents give a behind-the-scenes look at state officials’ efforts to eliminate BYU’s police department.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jess Anderson, Utah's Commissioner of Public Safety, led a two-year effort to decertify Brigham Young University's police force that was ultimately unsuccessful. “I did wrestle with the decision,” he recalled in a recent interview. “I felt the gravity. I felt the weight of it.” He is pictured here in his office on Nov. 23, 2021.