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 ... 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...