EXCLUSIVE: Certified letter of termination sent to UHP Trooper Lisa Steed


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Updated: 12/06/2012 12:47 am | Published: 12/05/2012 9:01 pm
(Utah Highway Patrol)
(Utah Highway Patrol)
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) – ABC 4 News has learned that embattled UHP Trooper Lisa Steed has been sent a letter officially terminating her from the Department of Public Safety.

This new information has now been confirmed by Steed’s own attorney.

ABC 4 News is being told that Lisa Steed was sent a certified letter of termination effective November 27th.

Steed has 20 days to file an appeal.

ABC 4 News has also confirmed with Steed's attorney that she does plan to appeal her termination.

ABC 4 broke the story a year ago that Steed was being investigated by the Salt Lake District Attorney.

This, we were told, was because of questions surrounding her conduct in the field.

And that’s when things started going south for Steed.

The state paid $40,000 dollars to settle a lawsuit, one filed by a man Steed tasered while sitting in his car.

Steed then had her own testimony questioned by several judges handling her DUI cases.

The Davis County Attorney also weighed in, saying he wasn't sure he could now prosecute her cases.

In Salt Lake County, some of Steed's DUI arrests were eventually dropped.

Eventually, Steed was taken off the streets by her own department and assigned to a desk job.

It’s a fall from grace from the UHP's 2007 Trooper of the Year, an officer recognized by the legislature and honored for raking up hundreds of DUI requests.

Now, because Steed's dismissal hasn't fully played itself out, her attorney could not go on camera to discuss this latest development.

However, an appeal of her termination could be filed before the end of the week.




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RUMADBRO - 1/2/2013 2:53 PM
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I'm sure Larry Flint would gladly have her do a spread...BBW's are all the craze in the porn industry!

FREEDOM SEEKER - 12/8/2012 1:29 PM
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Whether we will admit it or not law enforcement are above the law, They murder people frequently and ALWAYS get cleared because it is their own GANG that decides their guilt. If we ordinary citizens do something intentionally to harm someone else we are charged, prosecuted, fined, and incarcerated. I believe the same should be true for all law enfocement as well. They should be judged by non law enforcement, people that are not affiliated with them in any way. Maybe then there would be fair justice for all instead of Hitler like tactics.

steph1987 - 12/6/2012 8:13 PM
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Steed is not the exception, she is the rule! This is exactly how all cops are trained to do the job. Results and arrests are all that matter. Protect and serve went the way of the Edsel. Generate income to justify your existence, that is the creed of the UHP and every other agency. A good friend resigned from the Salt Lake County Sheriffs Dept. because he couldn't deal with the ethics. When he questioned superiors they told him to keep quiet at risk of his career or bodily harm! Reesults are all that matters, say what you have to to get the job done.

Teerevor - 12/6/2012 12:43 PM
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I hope they just terminate her employment permanently. She abused her power just because she wanted to look good. She's not serving and protecting the community, she's serving and protecting her ego. One bad egg here.

jblaw - 12/6/2012 8:03 AM
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Trooper Steed will now get her own taste of the lies and deceit dished out by the senior command structure of UHP and DPS. Ms. Steed will reap what she sowed. She is about to get a taste of what it is like to be on the receiving end of the garbage that she dished out to citizens for so many years. She will likely incur huge expenses to defend herself and may ultimately file for bankruptcy to protect herself from the onslaught of civil actions coming her way. Poetic Justice. Lance Davenport was so willing to protect Steed during the time that she was breaking the law to enforce the law. But now that the evidence against her is so damning he is more than willing to cut her off to protect his own personal "kingdom." Davenport is a little slow in his thought process if he thinks that firing Steed is going to insulate him from the negative press yet to come. Davenport knows that numerous lawsuits against Steed are piling up and he doesn't want to incur the cost of defending her and making the "cash" settlements that are likely. Davenport should have taken action against Steed and other troopers charged with criminal behavior when it first came to his attention. Instead, the commissioner of Public Safety buried his head in the sand hoping the situation would pass. Davenport has left his "posterior" exposed. Most glaring is his failure to set the proper example for his troops, encourage ethical treatment of the public by all troopers, and to discipline rogue cops. It is time for an independent and open assessment and review of the highly dysfunctional Utah Highway Patrol command structure. It is time for a change at DPS.
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