WEST JORDAN, Utah (ABC4) — After launching an interactive dashboard to risk assessment of domestic violence cases, one Utah lawmaker is discussing what needs to come next to prevent tragedies like what happened in Tremonton on Sunday.
Today, the Utah Department of Public Safey (DPS) launched Utah's new interactive dashboard for Intimate Partner Domestic Violence Lethality Assessment Protocol.
Domestic violence is always an important issue facing Utahns, but it's been a particularly prevalent topic this week following the death of two Tremonton Garland Police Officers as they responded to a domestic violence call late Sunday night.
This dashboard comes as a result of Senate Bill 117, which passed in 2023. It established the Utah Intimate Partner Lethality Assessment Protocol (LAP), a too