SALT LAKE CITY — It started with a simple request more than a year ago, asking police to show us photos of their officers.

The Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said no.

DNR felt so strong in its beliefs that the agency spent taxpayer dollars to battle with FOX 13 News before the State Records Committee.

“The public doesn’t have a right to know what police officers look like?” asked FOX 13 News investigative reporter Adam Herbets.

“They’re not public records,” argued Charles Lyons, the Utah deputy attorney general representing DNR.

The case took 286 days to adjudicate, but the State Records Committee ultimately decided in a 4-2 decision that everyone in Utah has a right to know who is policing their communities and what they look like.

“Adam Herbets vs. DNR” was the final ca

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