In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, police departments across the country are being scrutinized. Citizens are demanding changes be made to how exactly officers protect and serve their communities. Utah is no exception; protests against police misconduct have continued throughout the state, and BYU police couldn’t be happier.

“It’s such a relief,” said BYU police chief Rile Leafed. “Now that the attention is on other law enforcement groups, Provo residents seem to have finally forgotten about the whole debacle where we fed students’ private information to the Honor Code Office. Don’t get me wrong, I feel for those other departments. Actually performing internal investigations and responding to subpoenas is a lot of work! But man, if they’re keeping the heat away from us, I’ll take it!”

Utah officials announced that they would be eliminating Brigham Young University’s police force last year. However, the hearings to actually decertify the department have been pushed off since September, meaning they have retained legal authority as a police force. When asked about this, Officer Rick Smith of the BYU police simply shrugged: “Look, I’ve got a community to protect. These cars aren’t gonna boot themselves.”