Distrubance at Utah County Planning Commission

**Press Release** 

On, 10/20/2026, there was a disturbance at the Utah County Planning Commission meeting where two persons were issued citations, and one person was booked into the Utah County Jail. 

The Planning Commission was discussing ordinances concerning data centers and Utah County, during that time several persons were being disruptive and the Commissioners advised everyone in the meeting to not continue that behavior or those disruptive persons would be removed. After a vote by the Commissioners, several persons became disruptive and the Commissioners wanted those persons to be removed from the meeting.  

Utah County Sheriff Office Deputies asked one male to leave the meeting, to which he did without incident. It should be noted that the person who left on their own accord was not cited. 

UCSO Deputies were asking a female to leave, and she did not rather she began to argue with Deputies. Other UCSO Deputies came over to the female and were again trying to get her to just exit the meeting. At that point a UCSO Deputy took hold of the female and began to remove her from the row of chairs. The Deputy was struck in the groin by the female, and two other persons did grab ahold of the female to prevent her from being removed. The group of three were removed from the chambers and taken to the lobby where UCSO Deputies began to separate the parties. In that process, the female, that struck the Deputy, and the Deputy went to the ground. After the female stopped resisting arrest and was secured in hand restraints, she advised her jaw was hurting and she needed to use the restroom. Deputies called Provo FD EMS to the scene to check on her and facilitated her being able to go to the restroom. EMS did not find an emergent or immediate injuries and advised her to potentially seek further care later.  

The two persons that grabbed the female were released on citations for Disrupting a Meeting and Interference with an Arrest. 

The female was booked into the Utah County Jail for: 

Disrupting a Meeting Class A 

Interference with an Arresting Officer Class B 

Assault on a Police Officer Class B 

After this incident, numerous persons were able to voice their concerns regarding Data Centers to the Planning Commission from the lecture at the appointed time. This incident is also being reviewed by UCSO Supervisory personnel.