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Posted on 10/28/2026 10:52:01 AM PDT by george76
The police chief at Utah Valley University — who has taken the brunt of the blowback over how few campus officers were present when conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed — has stepped down.
Jeff Long, who was named UVU’s police chief in November 2024, resigned earlier this month
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Lt. Eric Beveridge has been appointed acting chief while the university conducts a search for a permanent replacement ... will report to Michael Rapich, who was named this week as UVU’s inaugural chief safety officer. That new position is meant to elevate security and emergency preparedness at the school following Kirk’s death.
The post was recommended by both an independent review and a state task force that assessed policing shortfalls at the Orem school.
In the aftermath of Kirk’s shooting, UVU has continued to face criticism. The school likely had too few officers for an event that drew more than 3,000 people, reviewers found, and failed to coordinate with nearby city and county police agencies for support for that crowd size and after the shooter fired.
Kirk’s family has announced plans to sue the school and has filed a formal legal claim in order to do so, alleging UVU was not adequately prepared. The family and Kirk’s staff at Turning Point USA have both called out Long, specifically, for promising security sweeps ahead of Kirk’s appearance on campus.
After the shooting, Long said: “You try to get your bases covered and, unfortunately, today we didn’t.”
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Long had tried to convince Kirk’s team at Turning Point USA not to hold the event in the outside courtyard and raised other security concerns that allegedly were ignored.
(Excerpt) Read more at sltrib.com ...
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Universities exist to educate students’ minds, and are not a substitute for local government. Universities should not be running a police department. They have a conflict of interest as covering up their own incompetence and misdeeds interfere with the competent delivery of services.
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A Lagging Indicator of ineptitude.
Maybe he was only one more year before scheduled retirement with full benefits. Should have just switched to working from home for the remaining 12 months.
TPUSA told UVU they only expected 600 students, but 3000 showed up. Wasn’t chief Long’s fault. Also, he tried to talk TPUSA into using an indoor venue for safety, but they said NO.
Was this the guy who said he had the roof covered but did not?
The “I got you covered” text .. No officer was posted on that roof.
https://publish.obsidian.md/charliefiles/people/Jeff+Long
Sort of like Butler huh?
Charlie’s team should have put their own people on roofs everywhere, at Butler, too. = many would volunteer.
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