Salt Lake City, public safety plan

How will new public safety plan change policing in Salt Lake City?
The public safety plan will increase police presence in high-crime areas downtown, in the Ballpark Neighborhood and the Jordan River area. The plan includes placing security cameras at parks, enforcing park curfews and improving responses to businesses affected by crime.
Salt Lake City mayor reveals public safety plan
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall released a series of recommendations Thursday to help curb homelessness and crime in Utah's capital city. Why it matters: The roughly 50-page public safety plan was spurred by a December letter from state GOP leaders,
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Erin Mendenhall: It’s clear that Salt Lake City must improve public safety. Here’s my plan.
The future of our city depends on our collective ability to act boldly and decisively, with the conviction that every person we serve — whether housed or unhoused — is worth the effort,” writes Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall in an op-ed.
Salt Lake City unveils new public safety plan. What’s in it?
Salt Lake City unveiled a new public safety plan to address crime and homelessness. Initiatives would increase the police footprint, target gang activity and enhance affordable housing and emergency shelters. The plan emerged in response to demands from state Republican leaders who say the city is neglecting public safety.
'Fed up' Salt Lake City calls for help to solve 'brokenness' in crime, homeless services
Salt Lake City's mayor says major gaps in homeless services and criminal justice systems must be fixed to solve issues that prompted state leadership concerns about policing.
‘Our city is fed up’: Salt Lake City mayor releases safety plan right before state deadline
Salt Lake City Erin Mendenhall released a plan to address homelessness after state leaders demanded one in a letter sent last month.
SLC mayor answers Utah leaders’ call for plan to ‘restore public safety’ in capital city
This story is breaking and will be updated. The day before a deadline given to her by the state’s top Republican leaders, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall on Thursday unveiled a lengthy, multi-pronged plan to address homelessness,

1 person critically injured in Salt Lake assault

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Victim in Ballpark neighborhood stabbing ‘requested to be stabbed,’ suspect says
A man in the ballpark neighborhood of Salt Lake City has been hospitalized in critical condition following an aggravated assault on Thursday night.
Man arrested after jumping over bank counter, demanding money in Salt Lake neighborhood
Officers with the Salt Lake City Police Department safely arrested a 30-year-old man who is accused of robbing a bank in the ...
Armed man shot after he approaches officer making traffic stop in dark, Utah cops say
A police officer making a traffic stop in the dark shot a 32-year-old man who wasn’t involved in the stop but approached with ...
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Salt Lake City Police shoots man during early morning traffic stop
In a press release, the Salt Lake City Police Department said the shooting happened shortly before 2 a.m. on Jan. 9, near 375 South and 765 West. An SLCPD officer had conducted a traffic ...