POLICE CHIEF APOLOGIZES ABOUT GUN EJECTION
Salt Lake Police Chief Chris Burbank apologized personally on July 17 to me for the actions of Lt. Rusty Isakson to eject me in June from the Utah Pride festival for possessing an unconcealed firearm. Burbank also commended my understanding of the applicable laws and pursuit of a reasonable resolution, and promised that more instruction about the laws would be required of all officers.
After being ejected, I filed a complaint with Burbank against Isakson for "violating state laws which prohibit 'a local authority … [from enforcing] any ordinance, regulation, rule, or policy pertaining to firearms that in any way inhibits or restricts the possession or use of firearms on either public or private property.'"
Meanwhile, I filed a $25,000 claim against Salt Lake City Corp. about the matter in which I described Isakson's actions as "facially unlawful and tortious in their violation of my constitutional, civil and legal rights pursuant to the U.S. Constitution, the Utah Constitution and Utah laws 63-98-102 and 76-10-500, and willful misconduct of [Isakson's] professional duties and ethics."
