A parole officer who shot at a burglary suspect’s car in Salt Lake City won’t be charged.
But prosecutors say they couldn’t fully evaluate the shooting because state law only authorizes reviews of “critical incidents” where someone is hurt.
Now Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill is joining the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah in asking legislators to revise a 2015 law that requires police and prosecutors to set up independent reviews whenever a person is shot by an officer.
The decision to shoot at a person should be reviewed even if the officer misses the target, they say.