SandBox Utah: Park Record "Police work explained to a civilian crowd"

Jay Hamburger:
"People who complete the Park City Police Department's Citizen Academy will not get an official police badge.

 

But they will learn lots about how the Police Department operates.

 

The organizers of the Citizen Academy are readying for the program's fourth year. A few spots remained in the 15-person class by the end of the week. Applications are due by April 25.

 

The Citizen Academy, primarily instructed by members of the Police Department, provides a detailed look at police work that most citizens do not ordinarily experience.

"Everybody's got questions. How does a police department function and what is their function," Terry Knechtel, the officer who organizes the program, said...." (Read more?  Click title)

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SandBox Utah: Park Record "Sundance interested in, but not committed to, Raleigh Studios"

Jay Hamburger:
"Sundance Film Festival organizers indicated in a March letter to the Park City Planning Commission they have an interest in the opportunities a movie studio complex could present to them, but the letter neither committed to any sort of partnership nor did it endorse the development proposal itself.

 

The letter was submitted to the Planning Commission on March 21, as the talks continued about a project at Quinn's Junction that would be anchored by Raleigh Studios, an independent studio with locations that include Hollywood, Detroit and Atlanta. The developers want to annex the land into the city limits and then build the complex.

The one-page letter from Sundance was signed by Jill Miller, the managing director of the Sundance Institute and the institute's highest-ranking Utah-based staffer. The letter is an "expression of interest" in using the complex in some capacity, but it was noncommittal. The Planning Commission noted the vagueness of the letter at a meeting on Wednesday night....."  (Read more?  Click title)

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