The Utah County Sheriff’s Office is bringing in an outside agency to review its pursuit policy and is paying out an undisclosed amount of money to the family of an 88-year-old man who was killed when the subject of a deputy’s pursuit ran a red light and struck his vehicle.
Sheriff’s office attorney Heather White said part of the policy has been changed as the department awaits the findings of an external review of all its policies, but declined to say what had been changed.
White said the family came to the sheriff’s office after the July 2018 chase with a claim regarding Hal Gadd’s death, saying they didn’t believe Deputy Jeff Wabel should have started chasing the driver of the car involved in the crash, or at least should have stopped the pursuit sooner.