Another member agency investigator selected by the mutual agreement of the County Attorney’s office and the venue Chief, Sheriff; or Administrative Officer.

The participating agencies will function under the direction of the appointed Chief Investigator of the non-involved agency.

The Chief Investigator has the authority to decide upon appropriate investigative procedures or other issues.

The goal of the Chief Investigator is to develop all available relevant information about the incident. This information will be used in two ways:

First, to determine presence or absence of criminal liability on the part of all those involved in the incident. Specifically:

To determined whether the nature and quality of the conduct involved is prohibited by Utah State Statutes which provide for criminal penalties upon conviction; and

If criminal conduct is found, determine the identity of the person(s) responsible for that conduct; and

If criminal conduct is found, determine the degree of the crime(s); the existence of any factual or legal defenses to that crime; and to determine the presence or absence of any factors which would mitigate or aggravate punishment for that crime.

Second, to provide factual information to the Employer Agency’s management for its internal use. (While the Criminal Investigators do not direct their investigative attention to Administrative concerns, it is recognized that the Criminal Investigations’ results are of proper interest to the Agency Management for its internal use and those results are fully available for that purpose.