And on her missed birthday, the University of Utah’s president and police chief promised they’ve made significant changes to address missteps made by the school that investigators have said likely contributed to the student-athlete’s murder on campus last fall.
They’ve begun to increase training for officers to recognize signs of domestic and dating violence. They’ve started interviewing to hire a victim advocate. They’ve updated policies and created new task forces and shared information across departments, including sending safety reports from housing staff to police.
Still, President Ruth Watkins firmly repeated her decision — acknowledging that she’s faced criticism for it — to not fire any staff who heard McCluskey’s concerns and were slow to act before McCluskey was killed on Oct.