The officer who mishandled Lauren McCluskey’s concerns — including her calls for help hours before she was killed on campus — has resigned from the University of Utah’s police department.
Miguel Deras, who had worked at the U. for four years, turned in his badge last week. He has been hired to work as an officer at the Logan police department in northern Utah, the chief there confirmed Tuesday.
U. Deputy Chief Rick McLenon said Deras’s departure from the university was voluntary but beyond that said only that he wishes him “luck in his future endeavors.