Utah Transit Authority Police Department

UTA is a public transit district government agency made up of the participating municipalities, counties, and the State of Utah.

The UTA Police Department is responsible for law enforcement services, crime investigations, crime prevention, and public safety throughout the light rail, commuter rail and bus transit systems, within the UTA transit district.

Today, UTA's service area is over 1,400 square miles (3,600 km2) and covers seven counties: Box Elder, Davis, Salt Lake, Summit, Tooele, Utah, and Weber.

The Board continually directs agency staff to improve public transit along the Wasatch Front.

Board members work with their appointing local representatives to direct UTA so the agency can best meet the needs of individual communities.

In 2006, the Utah State Legislature passed a bill, which granted multi-county transit districts the authority to hire and employ police officers to provide law enforcement services.

The command structure is made up of the Public Safety Manager, captains, lieutenants, sergeants and officers.

[6] The UTA Transit Police Officers are assigned patrol vehicles, and the department mandates a beat system for them.