Local municipalities, counties, and state police agencies within the transit district were originally responsible for responding to calls for police services throughout the transit system. The UTA security officers were given the title of Transit Public Safety Officers and they were primarily tasked with conducting fare enforcement and observing and reporting crime to local, county, and state law enforcement agencies. In 2003, after several attempts, UTA took control of security services and created the UTA Public Safety Department. UTA originally contracted with a private company for security services. Board members work with their appointing local representatives to direct UTA so the agency can best meet the needs of individual communities. The Board continually directs agency staff to improve public transit along the Wasatch Front. In 2018 due to alleged corruption issues the Utah State Legislature passed a bill organizing UTA with a full-time 3-member board appointed by the Utah State Governor. The President of the Senate, Speaker of the House and Governor of the State of Utah each appointed one seat as well. Local-elected officials may have also served on the UTA Board, and one seat was reserved for a member of the State Transportation Commission, which is part of the Utah Department of Transportation. These Trustees Trustees were appointed by the city and county governments that fund UTA with a local option sales tax. Until 2018 UTA was governed by a 15-member part-time Board of Trustees. Today, UTA’s service area is over 1,400 square miles (3,600 km 2) and covers seven counties: Box Elder, Davis, Salt Lake, Summit, Tooele, Utah, and Weber. UTA was founded in March 1970 when the cities of Murray, Salt Lake City, and Sandy voted to form a transit district. In 1969, the Utah State Legislature passed the Utah Public Transit District Act, which allows individual communities to address transportation needs by forming local transit districts. The Utah Transit Authority Police Station in Murray, July 2016
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