SALT LAKE CITY — A state review of how the Salt Lake City Police Department handled its internal investigation of the officers involved in the nurse Alex Wubbels incident suggests the department more quickly and openly address high-profile incidents.
“Much of the public’s discontent with the Wubbels complaint seemed to center on the public’s belief that the SLCPD failed to act on the case, failed to act quickly enough, or actually attempted to cover up the event from the public,” according to a report State Auditor John Dougall released Tuesday.
Wubbels’ controversial arrest by detective Jeff Payne at University Hospital occurred July 26, 2017. Salt Lake Police Chief Mike Brown announced Payne’s firing and the demotion of his watch commander, Lt. James Tracy, for their involvement…
