>>3035>Six current and former prosecutors in the Utah County Attorney’s Office sent a declaration of no confidence in LeavittThis no confidence declaration makes him sound a bit soros backed
Former prosecutor blasts Utah County Attorney David Leavittby Wendy Halloran, KUTVFriday, March 4th 2022
FORMER UTAH COUNTY PROSECUTOR: “I WAS ALWAYS CONSTANTLY APOLOGIZING FOR DAVID LEAVITT”
A former Utah County prosecuting attorney is speaking out against her former boss, Utah County Attorney David Leavitt. This comes one day after six former prosecutors from that office issued a public declaration of no confidence in Leavitt. Kelsy Young is one of them. Their letter said collectively they have served the citizens of Utah County for 111 years.
Young and the rest of the former prosecutors who wrote the declaration contend they left the office “prematurely” blaming it on Leavitt’s prosecution policies and procedures established since his election in 2018. Young worked there for seven years and made it clear she’s no longer afraid to speak out during an on-camera interview with 2News Investigates.
We asked Young, “As a prosecutor you seek justice, that's what drives you. Did he drive you out of this office?”
She said, “I would have never left but for Leavitt’s policies.”
Young, Curtis Larson, Sherry Ragan, Lance Bastian, Mariane O’Bryant, and Lauren Hunt wrote that they were united in presenting this public declaration of no confidence in David Leavitt’s “capability and competence to perform his constitutional and statutory duties as the lead criminal prosecutor in Utah County.”
“It's an absolute standstill of justice, walk away from what he's supposed to do, he's turned his back on that office,” Young said.
Letter of No Confidence-Former Prosecutors by KUTV 2News on Scribd
The prosecutor declaration reads as follows:
Declaration of No Confidence in Utah County Attorney David Leavitt
An Open Letter to Residents of Utah County,
We, the undersigned, are former criminal prosecutors in your County Attorney’s Office. Collectively we served you for a total of 111 years. And though we come from different backgrounds, and hold to differing political philosophies, we’re united in two distinct ways: First, we all prematurely left your County Attorney’s Office as a result of the prosecution policies and procedures David Leavitt established since his election in 2018; and, Second, we are united in presenting this public declaration of no confidence in David Leavitt’s capability and competence to perform his constitutional and statutory duties as the lead criminal prosecutor in Utah County. We declare that Mr. Leavitt has vacated his responsibilities to provide you safety and protection in your person and property by failing to enforce criminal laws against offenders and by prioritizing the protection of criminals from the lawful consequences of their misconduct. His destructive actions as the county’s lead prosecutor include, but are not limited to:
The disbanding of the office’s Special Victim Unit (which was staffed by experienced attorneys specifically trained to prosecute adult and child sexual offenses), leaving the prosecution of many of these cases to less-experienced attorneys who lack trial experience in these types of serious offenses;
The implementation of screening policies and procedures which have resulted in a backlog of well over 1000 criminal cases waiting to be screened for charges, thus rendering victims of criminal offenses disillusioned, vulnerable, and without a sense of justice for many months, or perhaps even for a full year, and leaving potentially dangerous individuals out on your streets without any accountability; and,