The police chief of the University of Utah has announced he will retire, a decision that comes amid turmoil — which largely hasn’t relented for months — over how the school and its officers mishandled repeated reports from student Lauren McCluskey in the weeks before she was killed on campus last fall.
Dale Brophy, who started at the U. as deputy chief in 2013 and took over as chief two years later, stepped down Tuesday with an email that said his departure was voluntary and effective Oct. 15. His retirement at age 46 came as a surprise, nearly nine months after McCluskey’s murder and despite U.