UT Code § 53-1-114 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 53 - Public Safety Code|Chapter 1 - Administration|Part 1 - Department Administration|Section 114 - Office of Executive Protection -- Security and protection for governor and family -- Protection for other officials and staff -- Training -- Equipment.

 Effective 5/5/2021  53-1-114. Office of Executive Protection -- Security and protection for governor and family -- Protection for other officials and staff -- Training -- Equipment.    (1) The Office of Executive Protection shall provide all necessary security and protection for:   (a) the governor and the governor's immediate family;     (b) a governor-elect and the governor-elect's immediate family; and     (c) the capitol hill complex.       (2)   (a) Subject to the authorization of the commissioner, and only if there is a demonstrable need or a specifically identified threat to the individual to be protected, the Office of Executive Protection may provide protection to:   (i) other public officials;     (ii) a public official's staff member;     (iii) a candidate for an elected state office and the candidate's immediate family during the time beginning on the date of the general election and ending on the date of the meeting of the board of canvassers under Section 20A-4-306; or     (iv) an outgoing elected state official and the outgoing elected state official's immediate family.       (b)   (i) Protection provided under Subsection (2)(a) may not extend for more than 15 days without review and approval by the commissioner.     (ii) Review and approval by the commissioner is required at the end of each 15-day period.       (c) When protection is provided under Subsection (2)(a), the commissioner shall provide a report to the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives at the end of each 15-day period.     (d) The requirement for review and approval described in Subsection (2)(b)(ii) and the reporting requirement described in Subsection (2)(c) may be waived or modified by majority vote of the president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and the commissioner.       (3) The Office of Executive Protection shall assess, monitor, and address any threat to a public official, a public official's staff member, or any part of the capitol hill complex.     (4) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall provide weekly public protection training to members of the Office of Executive Protection who are assigned to provide security and protection to an individual described in Subsection (1) or (2).     (5) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall provide regular training to all members of the Office of Executive Protection on:   (a) personal protection;     (b) special tactics;     (c) facility defense; and     (d) any other topic that, in the determination of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, is relevant to providing for the security and protection of public officials, public officials' staff, and the capitol hill complex.       (6)   (a) At times that the commissioner determines to be reasonable, the Office of Executive Protection shall provide personal security training for all public officials and public officials' staff members who work at the capitol hill complex.     (b) The Office of Executive Protection shall make personal security equipment, that the commissioner determines to be reasonable, available to the public officials and public officials' staff members who work at the capitol hill complex.      Amended by Chapter 360, 2021 General Session