By Ben Winslow
The Deseret Morning News
UTAH STATE PRISON — The report now sits in a sealed envelope on Utah Department of Corrections director Tom Patterson’s desk.
An investigation into the June 25 slaying of corrections officer Stephen Anderson has finally been completed, the Utah Department of Public Safety confirmed Tuesday.
“We reviewed policy to see if there were any improvements and recommendations that need to be implemented,” said DPS spokesman Jeff Nigbur. “Embedded in that, we also looked at the details as far as the shooting.”
Nigbur would not say if there were any corrections department policy violations found in the review of Anderson’s death.
Patterson, who has been out of town at a conference, is expected to review the report when he returns next week, said corrections spokesman Jack Ford. The report may also be sent back to DPS for additional clarifications.
“We can’t guarantee that there won’t be other questions that we ask them,” Ford said.
On June 25, police said Anderson, 60, was escorting inmate Curtis Allgier as he underwent an MRI at the University of Utah’s orthopaedic clinic. Prosecutors allege Allgier, 27, overpowered Anderson and shot him in the chest and the head.
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