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.

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.

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.

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Police responded to a stabbing Thursday night in Salt Lake City and discovered a victim with a severe abdominal wound exposing their intestines, authorities said.

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

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 a weapon, Utah police said. The man was taken to a hospital in critical condition, the Salt Lake City Police Department said in a news release.

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 ...

Newly released body camera video shows West Valley City police officers shooting a man who was in the process of allegedly killing his parents earlier this month.