The Salt Lake Tribune has been fighting to access internal police shooting records that West Jordan police want to stay secret. UtahAG recently sided with police to restrict access.
in October 2018, but noted the two officers who opened fire, Sgt. Tyrell Shepherd and officer Joshua Whitehead, cited their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination and did not speak with prosecutors., however, because of a 1967 Supreme Court ruling in the case of Garrity v. New Jersey.
Goldberg said West Jordan police and other law enforcement entities have already released “sufficient information” related to the case, such as video footage and other reports, that explain why Shepherd and Whitehead opened fire on Glad. She said releasing Garrity statements would constitute an undue invasion of the officers’ privacy and have a “chilling effect” on officers in the future.
“It is thus not just law enforcement officers or agencies that have an interest in maintaining the confidentiality of these Garrity statements,” Goldberg wrote. “The public has an interest in ensuring that nothing jeopardizes law enforcement agencies’ ability to effectively manage and govern their departments.”Jeffrey J. Hunt, an attorney representing the coalition of media organizations, said West Jordan’s arguments to keep the statements private “actually favor access.
Hunt added Utah law does not specifically classify Garriy documents as private and that without reviewing these interviews, the public cannot adequately evaluate the shooting.
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