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Utah legislative committee holds watered-down bill addressing controversial no-knock warrants

The bill’s sponsor and law enforcement groups remained at an ‘impasse’ over a provision prohibiting no-knock warrants when their aim is to preserve evidence.

(Jeremy Harmon | The Salt Lake Tribune) Police officers in Utah submit thousands of search warrants a year to judges, who are tasked with reviewing the paperwork and determining whether there is a probable cause to believe a crime has been committed. A Utah lawmaker is currently running a bill to rein in the use of no-knock warrants in the state.