The Utah chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed 20 records requests on March 6 to police agencies across the state asking for information about those departments' use of military tactics such as SWAT teams and advanced technology such as GPS tracking. The Utah ACLU was one of 22 other state chapters to file the requests across the country, expressing dismay at what it called the "militarization" of local police forces as an erosion of civil liberties.
The Utah chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed 20 records requests on March 6 to police agencies across the state asking for information about those departments' use of military tactics such as SWAT teams and advanced technology such as GPS tracking. The Utah ACLU was one of 22 other state chapters to file the requests across the country, expressing dismay at what it called the "militarization" of local police forces as an erosion of civil liberties.
The Utah chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed 20 records requests on March 6 to police agencies across the state asking for information about those departments' use of military tactics such as SWAT teams and advanced technology such as GPS tracking. The Utah ACLU was one of 22 other state chapters to file the requests across the country, expressing dismay at what it called the "militarization" of local police forces as an erosion of civil liberties.