Editor,
It was recently announced that Weber Valley Detention Center will be closed in fiscal year 2013 unless the Legislature chooses to fund it. WVDC (Weber Valley Detention) is the only state ran detention facility left in Utah. The next closest facility is Farmington Bay Youth Center which is contracted out by the State. Law Officers will be taken away from their jobs in order to transport juveniles down to Farmington. If they arrest a juvenile it will take an extra two to three hours just to lock them up. This would take them off the street many hours. This could discourage them from making arrests because of transportation complications and expenses.
