Five male northern Utah deputies face discipline — including at least one demotion — after investigation finds female co-workers were sexually harassed

Six or seven women working for the Davis County corrections division — some of whom have since left — were harassed, sometimes sexually, by three male deputies over a two-and-a-half year period, according to a county-led investigation.

The investigation began Jan. 25 after “multiple employees” reported the alleged harassment to the county’s human resource office, said HR Director Debra Alexander.

Over the course of the two-month probe, Alexander said, investigators interviewed about 38 people, some more than once, and collected 220 pages of notes.

At the conclusion of the investigation March 27, the human resources department delivered its findings to Sheriff Todd Richardson for discipline.