In her State of the City address, Erin Mendenhall said the city is focused on public safety, affordable housing.

A person lays on a bench near the Salt Lake City Police department and library in Salt Lake City on Tuesday. Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said Tuesday that public safety, homelessness and affordable housing are "urgent" issues the city plans to tackle this year. (Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)

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,

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.

The Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office has declined to file charges for a 2022 officer-involved critical incident.On Jan. 11, 2022, Megan Joyce Mohn, 4

Salt Lake City police have released body-worn camera footage showing a fatal officer-involved shooting during a confrontation that unfolded on Jan. 9.Chandler D

A 66-year-old man was arrested twice in one day after he allegedly damaged ticket machines at two separate TRAX stations.

“The Salt Lake City Police Department remains fully committed to its duty of enforcing the law, holding offenders accountable, and practicing community-oriented policing. This plan reaffirms that commitment and expectation,“ Brown said. “It also ...

The Salt Lake City Police Department said its special investigations unit recently executed a search warrant that recovered roughly 80 pounds of concentrated THC.

A member of the Salt Lake City Fire Department has been arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse, the department said.

A firefighter has been arrested.Captain Handcuff with the Salt Lake City Fire Department said a colleague has been arrested, but has not yet released his name o

A Salt Lake City Fire Department official has been booked into the the Salt Lake County jail and accused of forcible sexual abuse.