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A lieutenant with BYU police shared private reports with university officials investigating students when he shouldn’t have. And new info shows he did it for two years.

For two years, a Brigham Young University police lieutenant looked at private police reports created by other Utah County law enforcement agencies and passed on that information to university officials — including those working in the Honor Code Office.

Aaron Rhoades’ actions sparked a criminal investigation and are at the heart of why BYU may lose its police force entirely, after it was announced earlier this week that Utah’s Department of Public Safety is seeking a historic decertification.

For the first time, investigative documents released Thursday by Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) give a hint of the scope of Rhoades’ actions.