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.

Officials with the Salt Lake City Police Department have arrested a man after finding thousands of fentanyl pills, various other drugs, and several firearms in his motel room.

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'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.

An Officer Involved Critical Incident investigation is underway now in Salt Lake City following an officer shooting a man during a traffic stop early Thursday morning.

Salt Lake City Erin Mendenhall released a plan to address homelessness after state leaders demanded one in a letter sent last month.

An individual was arrested after hitting a pedestrian with his vehicle on a Salt Lake City roadway and then fleeing the scene, authorities said.The investigatio

Police confirm the suspect shot by Salt Lake City officers Thursday has passed away. An officer also received injury consistent with a sharp-edged object.

Officers with the Salt Lake City Police Department safely arrested a 30-year-old man who is accused of robbing a bank in the Rose Park neighbor

Devon Reynolds sits with his belongings in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. Reynolds has spent the majority of the past four years in the park. Over those four years he ...

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 stop when the unrelated 32-year-old, who has not been identified ...

asking Mendenhall to present a public safety plan by Friday to address the "ineffectiveness" of the city's police department. Salt Lake leaders say they're willing to work with the state on ...