Preliminary judgment favors decertifying BYU police

Steve Griffin, Deseret News BYU police vehicles are parked outside the department’s offices on the BYU campus in Provo on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019.PROVO — Attorneys for the Brigham Young University Police Department hoped that by requesting a summary judgment, a judge would dismiss the state’s efforts to decertify the police department.

But according to a preliminary decision handed down by administrative law Judge Richard Catten, a summary judgment would likely go in favor of decertification.

“Based on the pleadings, exhibits, statutes, rules and the arguments of the parties, it has been preliminarily determined that the undisputed facts set forth in BYUPD’s motion for summary judgment may…