Paighten Harkins

Reporter

Paighten covers breaking news and the criminal justice system for the Salt Lake Tribune. Before starting at the Tribune in October 2017, she lived and worked in Oklahoma. She has a dog named Major, who's objectively very cute.

Paighten Harkins: Utah police let me watch their training. This is what I saw.

By Paighten Harkins | December 3, 2021, 2:13 p.m.

(Paighten Harkins | The Salt Lake Tribune) West Valley City Police Chief Colleen Jacobs addresses reporters during a Dec. 2, 2021, news conference after a A WVCPD detective and Unified police officer were injured during a shootout with a suspect on Dec. 1, 2021. The suspect, 20-year-old Anei Joker, died. The officers are recovering.

Suspect killed by officers in Taylorsville shootout had previously been shot by police

By Paighten Harkins | Scott D. Pierce | December 2, 2021, 11:54 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Michael Glad appears on a series of murals depicting people killed by police, near 800 South and 300 West in Salt Lake City in July 2020.

Documents could tell us why West Jordan police officers shot and killed a man. City went to court to stop release

By Paighten Harkins | December 1, 2021, 2:42 p.m.

(Paighten Harkins | The Salt Lake Tribune) Police cadets participate in simulation training on Dec. 2, 2020, at the Peace Officer Standards and Training academy at the Salt Lake Community College Miller Campus in Sandy.

Is the fear factor overblown in police shootings?

By Paighten Harkins | Abby Ellis | FRONTLINE | November 22, 2021, 2:44 p.m.

(Salt Lake City Police Department via AP) This Aug. 13, 2017, file photo from Salt Lake City police body camera video shows Patrick Harmon, left, before he was shot and killed in Salt Lake City.

Appeals court brings back excessive force lawsuit against officer who killed Patrick Harmon

By Paighten Harkins | November 11, 2021, 2:00 p.m.

A screenshot of Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaking during an online Q&A on Nov. 9, 2021. Cox addressed concerns about proposed redistricting maps that would split Salt Lake County into four congressional districts.

Here’s what you may have missed in Gov. Spencer Cox’s redistricting Q&A

By Paighten Harkins | November 10, 2021, 9:26 p.m.

(Moab Police Department) Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito talks to a police officer after police pulled over the van she was traveling in with her fiance, Brian Laundrie, near the entrance to Arches National Park on Aug. 12, 2021. The couple was pulled over after a reported domestic problem between the two. Petito was reported missing by her family a month later and was found dead on Sept. 19, 2021.

Moab charged nearly $3K in fees for Gabby Petito bodycam footage — and now they’re giving it back

By Paighten Harkins | October 29, 2021, 4:15 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Josh Siegel, writes a message next to the mural of his brother, Dillon Taylor, who was shot by the police 7 years ago. Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021.

Shooting officer acted reasonably in killing Dillon Taylor, appeals court agrees

By Paighten Harkins | October 26, 2021, 10:45 p.m.

(Enoch Police Department) Enoch Police Officer Jeremy Dunn points his gun at Ivonne Casimiro after shooting her in the knee on June 29, 2018. Dunn told investigators he purposely shot Casimiro in the leg to save her life, like he'd done to a man in 2012. In both shootings, the suspects survived.

Shooting not to kill. This Utah case fuels a debate that frustrates police.

By Paighten Harkins | October 18, 2021, 4:18 p.m.

(KSL | Pool Photo) Buk Mawut Buk, 22, appears remotely for court on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. Buk is charged with aggravated murder in the shooting death of University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe.

Fatal shooting of Aaron Lowe happened after argument over moving his car, records state

By Paighten Harkins | Becky Jacobs | Sean P. Means | October 15, 2021, 11:03 p.m.