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SALT LAKE CITY -- The State Records Committee says dash-cam video of the arrest of former Utah Sen. Sheldon Killpack for allegedly driving under the influence can be released to the media. But that doesn't mean it will be.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, the decision to make the records public was made Thursday after several media outlets requested the tape and the Utah Highway Patrol report of Killpack's Jan. 15 arrest.
However, the Department of Public Safety, which has been withholding the information, has 30 days to appeal the decision to the district court. An attorney for the department says releasing the information could jeopardize the case against Killpack.
Earlier this month, Salt Lake County prosecutors charged Killpack, 41, with one class B count of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and one class C count of failure to signal. If convicted, he faces up to six months in jail and up to three months in jail, respectively.
Killpack resigned from the Legislature over the incident.
