Bill would increase penalties for attacking police, corrections officers

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that would increase the penalty for causing "substantial bodily injury" to a police officer or an employee of a correctional facility is headed to the Utah House for consideration.Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, presented HB477 Monday to the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee. Causing "substantial bodily injury" to a peace officer or a correctional officer becomes a third-degree felony under the bill.Throwing anything at an officer is a class A misdem