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• AFPD Accountability · November 4, 2026

  City Announces November 10 Hearing on FY 2027 Budget Amendments

  On November 3, 2026, American Fork City Recorder Terilyn Lurker announced a public hearing on amendments to the City’s FY 2027 budget. The hearing will be held on November 10, 2026, at 7 p.m. at American Fork City Hall, 31 North Church Street, in conjunction with the regular City Council meeting.

  Read the official hearing announcement · View the November 10 agenda and packet

• AFPD Accountability · November 2, 2026

  Aaron Booker Files Lawsuit Against City of American Fork

  Aaron Booker filed a federal lawsuit against the City of American Fork and other defendants on November 2, 2026, according to filing information he provided directly to AFPD Accountability.

  Case: Booker v. City of American Fork et al.

  Case number: 1:26-cv-00221-DBP

  The lawsuit follows Booker’s traffic stop by American Fork Detective Bronson Kitchen over an alleged HOV-lane violation. Kitchen later apologized for the stop and his handling of the encounter.

  During the City Council’s August 11, 2026 Truth in Taxation hearing, Booker criticized the department’s response, disputed statements in the incident report, and said he intended to pursue a civil-rights lawsuit. His comments are documented on page 3 of the corrected hearing minutes.

  Booker’s filing brings the number of current lawsuits against the City tracked by AFPD Accountability to three. The other two are Thorpe et al. v. Cedar Hills City et al. and Norcross et al. v. City of American Fork et al..

• KUTV 2News · October 29, 2026

  KUTV publishes body-camera footage of Officer Kyle Pitt rescuing woman from overpass

  On October 29, 2026, KUTV 2News published a report about American Fork Police Officer Kyle Bradley Pitt helping a woman experiencing a mental health crisis on a highway overpass. Based on the body-camera footage, the incident occurred on August 22, 2026. As she slipped through a gap in the fence, Pitt grabbed her and pulled her back to safety.

  Among the examples of poor handling of mental health crises that have drawn public concern, this incident stands out as an example of good crisis response and officer compassion. It reflects the kind of compassionate policing and thoughtful handling of mental health crises that the AFPD Accountability Project strives to recognize and promote.

• Benjamin Gorman · October 29, 2026

  Daniel Sroka discusses AFPD accountability with Benjamin Gorman

  American Fork resident Daniel Sroka joins Benjamin Gorman to discuss his meetings with Mayor Bradley Frost and Police Chief Cameron Paul following the police encounters involving Reckless Ben and others.

  Their conversation covers earlier AFPD cases, the chief’s responses to questions about the arrests, body-camera muting and redactions, and the role of citizen participation in police oversight.

  Gorman is a former co-owner, with his wife Chrystal Law-Gorman, of the Salem/Keizer, Oregon Bricks & Minifigs store involved in the LEGO consignment dispute that prompted Reckless Ben’s investigation.

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    • Selected discussion timestamps (not a complete chapter list):

    • 2:54 — Citizen engagement and introduction to Daniel Sroka

    • 9:00 — Gorman’s connection to the Oregon store

    • 11:21 — Michael Roy case

    • 15:16 — Cody Greenland case

    • 41:36 — Recording continuously and redacting afterward versus muting cameras

    • 45:46 — The chief’s correction about the traffic stop and stopping location

    • 48:59 — Service of lawsuit papers and hopes for a public correction

    • 50:01 — The chief’s greater openness in the second meeting

    • 50:46 — The misunderstanding about recording, transcription, and personal use

    • 52:16 — Dialogue with officials, transparency, lawsuits, and officer accountability

    • 57:07 — Transporting detainees and the distinction between detention and arrest

    • 59:20 — Body-camera muting and redactions

    • 1:31:45 — Citizen oversight and local government accountability

  Watch the interview

• AFPD Accountability · October 27, 2026

  K-9 records obtained through GRAMA request

  On October 27, 2026, AFPD Accountability obtained American Fork Police Department K-9 records through a Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA) records request.

  The records include a list of 306 K-9 support incidents covering January 1, 2025–October 13, 2026, with incident numbers, reported dates and times, area codes, agencies, and dispositions. A separate July 2025–July 2026 spreadsheet lists cases and zones, interest and search indicators, recorded finds, and apprehension-related entries.

  The records also include a likely connection to Reckless Ben: K-9 support case 26AF02009 was reported March 9, 2026, at 7:59:44 p.m. and is listed with “No Find” in the spreadsheet. The connection is not confirmed, but highly likely: the timestamp falls during that incident, and the case number is only two numbers after the associated harassment report, 26AF02007. This suggests the K-9 officer may have submitted a separate incident report for the same encounter.

  K-9 support incident list — PDF · K-9 deployment statistics — Excel

View Ben Schneider’s profile and supporting records →