At the heart of a controversy that may cost Brigham Young University its police department is a simple question: When can an officer look at a report from another agency?
Investigators are allowed to read the records from other departments as long as it is for a legitimate law enforcement purpose.
But one BYU lieutenant was under the cloud of a criminal investigation for two years for his record searches after leaders from other Utah County law enforcement questioned his actions.
But this week, The Salt Lake Tribune received public records that, for the first time, show what Lt.