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SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A 2News investigation uncovers the
frightening reality when it comes to the number of dangerous
parolees Adult Probation and Parole (AP&P) has failed to
properly supervise and are now fugitives.
A whistleblower told 2News:
There’s violent gang members of every street gang and there’s
white supremacist gang members out on the street. There’s
violent sex offenders out on the street. There’s gang members
that the Department of Corrections doesn’t even have categorized
as gang members out on the street on parole. There’s the next
cop killer out there.”
Frustrated parole agents have risked their jobs to tell 2News
Investigative Reporter Wendy Halloran what’s really going on, as
well as former agents who left AP&P. They claim they lost their
police powers and were turned into social workers by supervisors
who more often than not require them to give the parolee another
chance, instead of writing a warrant and sending it to the Board
of Pardons and Parole in an effort to send them back to prison.
The whistleblower said:
I don’t want my name out there as that guy who let someone get
killed or get victimized.”
Monday, May 3 at 10 p.m. on KUTV 2News: What they want all
Utahns to know.
You will learn how one such fugitive allegedly killed a teenage
boy last June and hear from his uncle who wants accountability
for his nephew’s death.
You will hear from Adult Probation and Parole Division Director
Dan Blanchard as he responds to the criticisms.
The whistleblower said:
I’m absolutely worried about the public’s safety and law
enforcement especially because the law enforcement officers on
the street are the ones who come in contact with these guys, it
isn’t AP&P . When was the last time an AP&P agent got shot? You
know ,it just doesn’t happen. These guys are unpredictable and
look how easy they can get their hands on a gun. It’s not
working and that’s what I would tell the public, you should be
very concerned. Don’t leave your doors unlocked on your car.
Don’t leave your doors unlocked on your house because if your
car gets stolen it’s probably a probationer or a parolee who’s
behind it.”
https://kutv.com/news/2news-investigates/is-utah-keeping-you-in- the-dark-about-violent-dangerous-parolees-theyve-lost-track-of
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