SANDY, Utah (AP) - The Latest on questions raised about the handling of stalking complaints in Utah after a high-profile shooting (all times local):
4:30 p.m.
A suburban Utah police chief says he’s weighing changes to the way stalking reports are handled amid questions about a 911 call made days before a man killed his ex-girlfriend by opening fire on a car full of children.
Sandy Police Chief Kevin Thacker defended, however, the way his officers deal with domestic violence complaints during a news conference Tuesday.
Thacker maintains that his department’s approach to problems between couples who live together or are married works well. He says he’s expecting to decide in the next month whether to change the way Sandy police approach violence between dating couples.
Advocates have questioned whether Sandy police missed chances to help victim Memorez Rackley when she reported that her ex-boyfriend was relentlessly stalking her days before the June 6 shooting.
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1 p.m.
A suburban Salt Lake City police chief is expected to address questions raised about how his department handled a stalking report made by a woman three days before her ex-boyfriend killed her and her son in an attack that also injured two children.
Sandy Police Chief Kevin Thacker is set to speak at a news conference Tuesday, after questions were raised about whether police missed chances to help victim Memorez Rackley when she reported her ex-boyfriend was threatening her and her children.
Police have said they couldn’t do more than give her advice because she didn’t want to press charges and dating relationships don’t fall under the state’s definition of domestic violence.
Experts and advocates, though, say that distinction is risky because it means people in dating relationships may not get protection.
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