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BLUFFDALE -- Bluffdale city plans to opt out of the new Unified Police Department.
Tuesday night the city council voted unanimously to contract with Saratoga Springs for police service instead.
Saratoga Springs, Bluffdale's neighboring city from Utah County, is proposing to have at least one officer on duty in the city at all times.
With this option, Bluffdale will also create its own precinct with officers assigned to Bluffdale with their own uniforms and logos, but it would be managed by and report to the Saratoga Springs police chief.
The deal takes effect in three months and guarantees the city a constant police presence -- something it says UPD wouldn't provide.
