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The Utah Board of Higher Education voted to create a campus safety task force.

The decision follows the Sept. 10 shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at UVU.

The task force aims to review safety protocols and collaborate with legislative efforts.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Board of Higher Education on Thursday voted unanimously to establish a task force to examine campus safety across Utah's public higher education institutions.

Geoffrey Landward, commissioner of higher education for the Utah System of Higher Education, said it would be "nonsense" to say the vote isn't "a direct response" to last month's shooting of conservative activist and Turning Point co-founder Charlie Kirk.

Kirk was shot and killed at a tour event on the campus of Utah Valley University

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